38 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



" rokh " consumption, burning ; " lakh " or " 16kh " or " rakh " or " rgkh " or " r6kh '' or " k6k " or 

 "th6k" to burn, conflagration. — The character occurs as early as the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. n. 

 pi. 22). 



(tadpole signifying " aplaston " mal-formed, candid, Horap. i. 25) ; " svok " or " sv6k " dimm- 

 C=== 'ished, lacking; " mikS " weak; " takr " pure, limpid; " pok " soft; " lek " or " Kklfik " or 

 " lokleV' soft, softness, to soften. — The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the Ptolemies 

 (Leps. d. ii. pi. 22, iii. pi. 5, 39, 23S, iv. pi. 2S). 



(tadpole signifying reluctant to move, Horap. ii. 97); "£t-tek" or " ak-tokt " coagulated; 

 'tolk" to pull off; "ankoki" ring-finger; "6nk " to arise, get up. — The character occurs 

 under the Nineteenth dynasty (Leps. k. pi. 35). 



^ == - >< "hoik" or "h61k" a braid; " tsholk " or " tshfilk " to plait, twist; "jolk" or"j61k"or 

 "sholk" or sh61k" to continue, extend; "h6k" talk; " s6k " sterility; " s6ksSk " yawning; 

 "makmek " or " mokm£k" thoughts, reasoning; " s6k " to protract, provoke; "onk "to increase in 

 height, assume a lofty style; — in English "talk," the phrase "spinning a yarn" used among sailors. 

 The character occurs from the Twelfth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 

 122, and k. pi. 47 to 65). 



j=^a end of bench ; " shask " or " shak " or " jak " to applaud, clap hands ; " atshkak " or " tshkak " 

 /A\ nr "jitshkak" or " hitshkak " clamour, to exclaim, cry out; — in Hebrew "zik" or "tsik" 

 clamour, to cry out. The character occurs from the Third to the Twelfth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 4, 

 39, and 147) ; and in second form s=? from the Twelfth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing 

 (Leps. d. ii. pi. 147, and k. pi. U^J> 23 to 67). Seems besides the origin of the form >] of the 

 eleventh Hebrew letter " cph," and K of the Greek letter " kappa." As according to Ouintillian K 

 does not properly belong to the Latin language, its presence in Etruscan, Oscan, Celtiberian (Gesen. 

 mon. Phcen.), and in the languages of Northern Europe, affords confirmation of Caesar's statement, 

 That the Druids of Gaul used the Greek alphabet. The Latin C hard, is however derived appar- 

 ently from the Etruscan and Umbrian }|. 



(frog signifying shameless and sharp of vision, for it has blood only in the eyes, Horap. 

 . 96) ; " kak " hairless eyebrows, suffusion ; " kak-val " bloodshot eyes ; " hak " ready ; 

 jokr " or "jokeV" ready, sharp; "jfikjokt" stubborn, "jokjk " contumacy, "jakj^k" conten- 

 tion; "joksi " crepitus. — The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic 

 writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 27, 142, iv. pi. 77, and k. pi. 27 to 32). 



(one hand holding a shield and the other a bow, signifying the front of battle, Horap. ii. 5) ; 

 "hSk" belt; "gek" or "g5k" or " h6k " or " h ok " armour, to make war ; " hak " fellow- 

 combatant ; " h6k " or '' ph6rk " corslet. — The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty and 

 the Book of tlie Dead to the Nineteenth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 97, 75, and k. pi. 32). 



\^A mallet; "metsh" anvil, " mStsh " or " matsh " to strike; " mfitshak " whether, perhaps; 

 " metshak " again. — The character occurs from the Eighteenth dynasty to the Ptolemies (Leps. 

 d. iii. pi. 119, and k. pi. 52 to 57). 



"s6tf" tool; " sotfef " chisel for quarrying; "onk" or " phonk " sculptured work, to sculp- 

 ture ; " monk" a thing formed. — The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Ptolemies 

 (Leps. d. ii. pi. 2, 44, and k. pi. 5 to 59) ; and is often represented in the vertical position from the 

 Eighteenth to Twenty-sixth dynasty (Leps. k. pi. 28 to 48). 

 ^^zf* "hakklf" or "hakelf" or " hamklf " or "hanklf " land-crocodile; "hamklle" " coppersmith, 



C blacksmith; " mankhat " silversmith; "tshiik" or " tshek " or " tshok " or "tshok" or 



" tshokh " or '• tsh6k " depth, deep, to dig ; " jolk " or " jSlk " or " sh61k " to precipitate, be im- 

 mersed ; " jSkh " or " jokh " to fasten upon, bite ; " sak " or " dsak " to molest, be molested. — The 

 character occurs from the Twelfth dynast)- to the Nineteenth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 13S, iii. pi. 171). 



The land-crocodile, Yaranus, is a large kind of lizard occurring along the Nile; — described by 

 Clot-Bey ii. 92 as very timid, uttering a shrill hiss on the approach of a supposed enemy, and called 

 "ouaran el bahr." The medicinal use of the imported flesh of the "skigkos," is mentioned by 

 Apelles, and Sextius ; the " skigkos " is identified by Dioscorides ii. 71 with the land-crocodile ; and 

 according to Pliny viii. 38 and xxviii. 30 belongs to the Nile and is not so large as the ichneumon. The 

 "largest kind of scincus " is mentioned by Pliny as imported from India, and is a different species. 

 S_a "alak" or " halak " ring, collar, ox-yoke; " nak " for thyself; " hok " or " hdkm " to 

 bind, tie fast, tie together ; " makh " neck ; " hSki " to choke, to scourge ; — in English 

 the interjection "alack!" The first character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the 

 Eighteenth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 9, and k. pi. 27). The second character occurs from the Eighth dynasty 

 to the Nineteenth (tabl. Abyd., and Leps. d. iii. pi. 138). 



T"thok" or "thok" ship's mast; "sSksSk" to collect, number; "sek" or "sSk" or " s6k " to 

 walk, go before, to draw; " ouk " to draw, drag; "soksek" exaction, to exact; " mekh " or 

 "mokh" or "mokhs" ill treated, to be tormented ; "s6k " sackcloth ; " jok " or " j6k" end. — The 

 character occurs in the Book of the Dead xxxvi. 99. n (Buns, and Birch). • 



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