50 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



YYYY. t ^ ie heavens falling ; " dsak " to be molested, plagued ; " shagio " or " tsha£io " or 

 Hj.l.H«t s hai£ " condemnation ; "tsvkS"or " tsvko " to make lower, dismiss; "tsto" to reject, 

 treat with scorn; "tsto "to come back, return. — The character occurs as early as the ... dy- 

 nasty, also in the Book of the Dead (Buns, and Birch). 



fry? " tsahoul " to muzzle, curb. — The character occurs under the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 

 J 5)- A second form *<, occurs under the Twenty-first dynasty (Leps. d. iii. pi. 246). A third, 

 under the Persian con /$ quest (Champ, gram. 142, 38, 48, and Buns, and Birch). 

 rx " s6 " or " tsg " or " ts£i " or " tso " or " ts6 " to pour out water, to drink. — The character 

 f loccurs under the . . . dynasty (Champ, diet. 427). 



fcdl '' tsig '" or " tsio " to be satisfied ; '' t56ts " a double seat. — The character occurs in the Book 

 Ipjj of the Dead xxii. 53. 4. 21, also under the Seventeenth dynasty (Leps. d. iii. pi. 5). 

 Ov hand hanging down; " hets " extremity of foot or hand; " niatste " tender, weak ; "niats" 



^^ attention, expectation, hope. — The character occurs as early as the . dynasty (Champ, 

 diet. 459). 



q or kw, its pervading meaning question. 

 jL " koihi " nerve ; " k6d " questions, to interrogate ; " k6rtsh " or " kdrJtsh " to supplicate, ask ; 

 /»/j "kolj" or "k61j" to bend, incurve; — in Hebrew " kwsh " to be incurved, " ky " whether ? 

 J J when ; in Sanscrit " kas ? ka ? kirn ? ; " in Greek " koie " in what manner ? ; in Latin " quaestio, 

 quaero, qua, qualis, quam, quamdiu, quamdudum, quamobrem, quampridem, quando, quantus, qua- 

 propter, quare, quatenus, queiscum, quemadmodum, qui, quianam, quicum, quid, quiclnam, quidni, 

 quidum, quin, quis, quisnam, quo, quoad, quomodo, quonam, quorsum, quot, quoteni, quoties, quotu- 

 mus, quovis, quousque, quum " ; in English " inquire, quietus." The character occurs in the Book 

 of the Dead, and continues in use under the Twenty-sixth dynasty (sarcopn. queen of Amasis, Buns, 

 and Birch). 



" ko£ih " or " k6ih " or " k6hi " scabbard ; — in Greek " kolgos " or " kouleos " scabbard. The 

 character occurs from the Nineteenth dynasty to the Twentv-second (Leps. k. pi. 31 to 45). 



" korvi " knife ; " korj " or " korj " or " koor " to cut off, be cut off ; " koons " or '• kons " or 

 " k5ns " slaughter, to slay ; " kSvh " or " kovh " cord, sinew, " kovh " to cut the sinews ; " kolp " 

 or " k61p " thieving, to steal ; — in Hebrew '■ kwdz " to cut, " kwi " to incise or dig, " kwr " to dig, 

 " kwdz " or " kwt " to disdain; in Greek "koura'' a young woman, " koura " a shearing. The 

 character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Twenty-second (Leps. d. ii. pi. 5 to iii. pi. 255). 

 y~\ " kara " head or skull ; " kahi " head of book or chapter; " p^rkfiti " male ape; — in Hebrew, 

 ii the nineteenth letter ''kwph " back of the head, occiput ; "kwph" monkey, in Sanscrit "kapi," 

 in Greek '• kepos " or " kevos " ; in old English " cop " top or head. The character occurs from the 

 Fourth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 25. and k pi. 7 to 63) : is besides 

 the origin of the form 9 of the obsolete Greek letter "koppa" ; which transported to Italy became 

 the Roman q, and the later and Western 0. The form P of the Phoenician and Hebrew letter 

 "kwph " is not unlike a side view of the occiput; and is continued in the Etruscan, later Roman, 

 and our Western c {. 



W (headless man walking, signifying "athunaton" impossibility, Horap. i. 55) ; " at-jom " or 

 " at-shom " impossible ; " k6mtsh " or " komtsh " to laugh at, deride. — The character oc- 

 curs from the Third dynasty to the Nineteenth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 7, and k. pi. 35). 



Q (leopard-skin joined to a hyaena-skin, signifying vanquished by an inferior, Horap. ii. 07) ; 

 B"k66v£f" feeble, weak; " koove" " or " k<">6ve " compelling; " koCfe " or •' kS6v£ " prohibiting ; 

 |J " k66u " or " koouS " or " k56u " strangers, others. — The character occurs from the Fourth dy- 

 nasty 10 the Ptolemies. (Leps. d. ii. pi. 19, 144, and k. pi. 50 to 56). The following modification 

 •crfc) occurs under the Eighteenth dynasty, and continues in use under the Thirtieth (Leps. d. iii. 



pi. 52, and k. pi. 50). 

 /^K\ (star and sun with its disk cut in twain signifying a betrothed woman ; star sometimes signi- 

 /2*S> fying soul of a male human being, also destiny, Horap. i. 13, ii. 1 and 13). " ktirtsh " to 

 sweeten. — The character occurs under the Third dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 5). 



r\ "koh" or " kooh " corner, summit, precipitous or abrupt; "kouklS" apex; "koons" or 



I V " koos " or " kos " or " k66s " corpse, to prepare for burial; "kolem" or " h61Sm " quickly or 

 to hasten. — The character occurs from the Fifth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. 

 ii. pi. 58, 98, and k. pi. 15 to 61. For " hoiron" pig, signifying lost or ruined, Fforap. ii. 35, see pi° r ). 

 r, its pervading meaning "rushing on" (Plato). 



" ro " or " r6 " mouth ; " ro " door ; " eiSro " or " gioor " or " iaro "' or " ieVo " river ; " roth- 

 <: ^ gion " torrent ; " ra '' river-mouth ; " rooutsh " loquacity, conversation ; — in Hebrew " yor " 

 the Nile (Buns, and Birch v. p. 749) ; in Greek the seventeenth letter " r6," also " rOti " to flow, 

 "roe "stream, " rume " rushing on, current, " hfiimarros " winter torrent ; in Latin " rivus " river, 

 " rivulus " rill, " ruo " to rush, " curro " to run, " cursus " course, " rapidus " rapid. The character 



