4° CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



" lktsha " or " 61ktsha " or "elk-tshai" to contract the nose, deride; "Iav6" disorderly ;— in Eng- 

 lish "laugh, look." The first character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Seventeenth (Leps. d. 

 ii. pi. 3, iii. pi. 5). The second character occurs also under the Third dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3). 

 A modification .•. occurs under the .... dynasty (Champ, gram. 79, and text 373). 

 / ^ (hippopotamus signifying "oran" opportunity, the hour, Horap. ii. 19); "laishi" or 

 (fV"n "loishS" or " ISiji " pretext, occasion; "16tshe" or "16m6tsh6 " or "16meetsb5" champion, 

 powerful ; "lgtshj " to shake, make to tremble. — The character occurs under the Twelfth dynasty 

 (Leps d. ii. pi. 143). 



The hippopotamus is known to inhabit the lakes and rivers of Equatorial Africa ; abounding in 

 the Upper Nile, but seldom — at the present day, descending into Egypt proper. Menes the first 

 king of Egypt, was killed by a hippopotamus (Maneth.). The animal is figured apart from the hiero- 

 glyphic writing under the Sixth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 77) : and through Egypt became known to 

 the Greeks and Romans. A living hippopotamus was first brought to Rome by M. Scaurus (Plin. 

 viii. 40). 



JJj|L "15igi" noose; " 161ou " or " lilou-tshem " or " alou " child; " lajlej " or "16JISJ" or 

 00086 " lojlSj " weakness, binding with thongs ; " latv6s " junction, uniting, seam; — in Hebrew 

 "Iwly" loops ; in colloquial English "lily" as applied to a child called for punishment. The char- 

 acter occurs on the Gliddon mummy-case, and from the Fourth dynasty to the Fourteenth (Leps. d. 

 ii. pi. 2, 64. and k. pi. 15). A second form < etfA occurs under the . . . dynasty (Burton excerpt. 

 34, Buns, and Birch). ' ^ 



r — s. " al6j " or " aloj " thigh; " 611et " promise, vow; "51k" to make oath, swear; — see 



V-"^^*> Gen. xxiv. 2 and xxxii. 25 ; in English "allege." The character occurs from the Third 

 dynasty to the Persian emperors (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, and k. pi. 24 to 49). 

 XX " lei " bracelet ; " lal6 " or " lalo " or " laid " or " 16516 " to besmear, gild ; " laleout " ointment, 



unction ■ "lam" or "laam" splendid, shining: "laam" soiled, dirty; "lojt" to agglutinate, ad- 

 here, stick ; "loihe " or "ldihi" mire ; — in English, the colloquial phrase "to put one's foot in 

 it." The character occurs as early as the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 23). A second form 

 occurs under the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 15, and Champ, diet. 362). 

 k (tongue signifying perpetual moisture of the productive Nile, Horap. i. 21); "las" or "15s" 



^— ^ — u tongue ; " 15k " or " 16kl6k " or " 15kl6k " soft, softness ; " 15k " moist, green ; " lek " moist, 

 tender ; "15k" to grow green, begin to flourish ; "16jh " or "16jh" or " 16jt " or "15shh" to lap or 

 lick; "lemhe" free; " lapt " half a thing; "laau" something, nothing; — in English, the phrase 

 "green as a leek." The character occurs as early as the Fourth dynasty, also in the Book of the 

 Dead (Leps. d. ii. pi. 98). A second and more simple form occurs from the Eighteenth dynasty to 

 the Ptolemies (Leps. k. pi. 28 to 60). 



(tongue and "uphaimon" bruised or blood-shot eye, signifying to relate, tell, Horap. i. 27) ; 

 'TunSs " red portion of the eye, white of the eye ; " saji " a speech, to narrate, " lasaji " tonguey, 

 loquacious; "laouai" such a one; " mlah " or " mlag " or "lag" dispute, wrangling ; " llev " or 

 "lief" scurrility; "lai" or "dlai"or " loulai " to utter the war-shout ; "161 " war-shout, cry of vic- 

 tory ; " tlel " exultation; — in Greek "lalia" talk, " alalagma " war-shout. The character occurs in 

 the Book of the Dead, also under the .... dynasty (Rosellin. mon. stor. ii. pi. 1). A second form 



occurs from the Seventeenth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. iii. pi. 203, 



and k. pi. 23 to 66). 



/» "tshol"a bundle; "lahm" or "lahmS " kneading-trough, to subject, break; "161kem5"a 

 Unu bl° w > wound i "loht" to beat; "lof" to break; "las" or "16s" or "16s" to bruise; " slo- 

 s* s~l shl6s " or "sl6shl6sh " or "sl6jl5j"to polish, levigate; "aliki" or 'Tiki " culpable, blamed; 

 " 16ili " buttocks, severe reprover, uncle ; " 16ili " to bear, endure ; " 16 uj " or " l5j " or " 16 " or " la " 

 to cease, leave off; — in vulgar English " lick " to flog. The character occurs under the . 

 dynasty (Champ.). 



F^ "vini " crucible : " tlil " portable oven; "laves " or "liji " cooking pot or pan ; " leves " a cal- 

 dron ; "halikin" or " lak6nt " frying-pan; '• s61ho " or " slho " warm; " laplSp " ebullition; 

 lovtsh " or " loptsh " or " 16vtsh " or " 16j " to burn ; " la '' injustice. — The character occurs on the 

 Gliddon mummy-case, and from the Fourth dynasty to the Twenty-sixth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 23, iii pi. 

 266). A second form JJ JjJJ occurs under the Fourth dynasty (Leps. cl. pi. 21). A third form R 

 occurs from the Nineteenth dynasty to the Persian conquest (Leps. k. pi. 35 to 49). U 

 Gu^i P^O ( crococl,le and scorpion signifying matched by your enemy ; the scorpion further signi- 

 <n2Srf fying destroyed slowly, Horap. ii. 33); "shle" (or " sle, Eclw.) scorpion; " sla " summer 

 (compare sun in constellation Scorpio) ; " shl6ml6m" or shlomlSm " or " shlml5m " to grapple, come 

 in collision ; " shl " armed warrior, to be destroyed ; "shilk" pierced by an arrow; " shlak " punish- 

 ment, torture ; — in Arabic . . . scorpion; in English " sulk " (stinging yourself), " slay." The 



character occurs under the Twelfth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 121, and Champ, diet. 108 and 170). 



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