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(crow-nestlings signifying uneasy, restless, Horap. ii. 92 and 24) ; "jotjSt " or " mah " or 

 moh" nest; " shin6 " pregnancy; " tsh6tS " or " tshemer " leaven; "ji-thav' or " shi- 

 tsMmer " to ferment ; " tshpit " or " tshphit " or " tshipg " or " tshipi " confusion or shame ; " tshgmt " 

 or "tshomt" or "tshomnt" three; — in colloquial English "to feel cheap." The character occurs in 

 the Book of the Dead and from the Sixth dynasty to the Ptolemies (Leps. d. ii. pi. 80, " coffin of 

 Soter" in Brit, mus., Buns, and Birch). 



" tshlit " knife, " tshlish " knife, sword ; " phetsh " or " photsh " division ; " phatshi " or " patshi " 



half ; " phatsh " or " phStsh " or " phetsh " or " photsh " or " photsh " or " pgtsh " or " petsh " or 

 " p6tsh " or " ratsh " to divide into portions ; " thatsh " separation ; " tshatsh " or " tshatsh " equal, 

 to make equal. — The character occurs as early as the Fifth dynasty (Leps. 8. ii. pi. 64). A second 

 form occurs ^-y also under the Fifth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 44, Rosell. m. civ. Ii. 4, Buns, and 

 Birch). 



-r " tshlij " butcher's knife ; " tshat " or " tshSt " or " tshat " or " tshent " to cut ; " tsh66t " to cut 

 m off ; " tshop " or " tshop " or " tsh6f " or " tshov " to shear or shave ; " tshatsh " or " tshgtsh " to 

 cut or break into pieces ; — in English " chop, chip." The character occurs in the Book of the Dead 

 (Buns, and Birch). 

 a'JPi. " tshio " cooking-pot or pan ; — in English " to keep the pot boiling." The character occurs 



V /under the Third dynasty (Leps. d. pi. 5) : a modification r — -^ under the Sixth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 



108): and a second modification .«■) from the . . . . dy \_/ nasty (tabl. Brit. mus. 199, Buns, 

 and Birch). 



" tshmou " or " tshmoue " spoon ; •' tshou6vS " or " tshvdvfi " throat ; tshotshpi " or " tsh6tshpi " 



stomach, " tshoptsh " or " kmiji " bird's crop; " tshastg " aliment, food; "tsha' 1 or " tshai " or 

 "tshaio " or " tshSel " or " tshops " feast, festival. — The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty 

 to the Ptolemies, usually either inverted or in the horizontal position (Leps. d. ii. pi. 85, and k. pi. 

 7 to 53). 



" phaji " or " phatshi " or " shivshiv " or " tshautshau " crumbs, fragments, morsels ; " tshma " 

 or " tshem " or " tshemtshem " or " tshom " or " tshome" " comminuted, minute. — The character 

 occurs as early as the .... dynasty ("tablet 148," Buns, and Birch). 



" tshne' " or " tshne " net ; " hSntshem " fishing-net ; " patsh " to capture by hunting ; '■ tshap '' 

 or " tshfip '' or " tshop " or " tsh6p " to take ; " tshalh " or " tsholh " mark, private mark. — The 

 character occurs as early as the . . . dynasty (Champ, diet. 359). 



" tshnfinhioui " dredge; "tsharkS" penury; "tshaat" needy, poor. — The character 

 occurs from the Third to the Fifth dynasty (Leps. d. pi. 3 and 74). 

 fi. " tsh6 " a. hundred; " tsh£Ssot£ " a hundredfold. — The character occurs as a numerical sign 

 > from the Third dynasty and the Book of the Dead to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. k. 

 pi. 25 to 67). Among the Greeks, "samphoras" signified a horse branded with the Doric "san," 

 anciently written C : Herodotus ii. 131 to 140 states, that the proper names of Persians invariably 

 end in the Doric " san" ; which as pronounced by the Parsees of Hindustan I found to be dsh or j. 

 The same character C transferred to Italy, became the third letter of the Latin alphabet, retaining 

 however the numerical value of a hundred in accordance with the Egyptian word, and therefore in 

 like manner pronounced tshe : or rather, the third Latin letter represented two distinct sounds, tsh 

 and k ; as in English, although a superfluous letter, it represents k and s. The sound tsh has long 

 disappeared from Egypt, is unknown also in Syria and Arabia ; but is said to occur among the more 

 Eastern Arabs, beyond the Euphrates. 



« " tshSvtshe" " or " tshvtshg " or " tshevtshi " shield ; " tshovtsh " or " tshovtsh " or " tshoptsh " 

 Wi arm (the strong arm); "tshaelj" or " tshoSij " or " tshai j" or " sh6ij " wrestler, warrior, strenu- 

 ous.— The character occurs under the ... . dynasty (Champ, diet. 342). 



chest; "tshfind" pack-saddle; " tshat " bundles; " tshot " or "tshat" merchandise; 

 P*T " tshaar " to be valued ; " tshatd " or " tshod " merchants ; " tshevie " or " tshevio " or " tshvvia " 

 remuneration; "tsh6m " tribute. — The character occurs from the .... dynasty (Ritual, Brit, mus., 

 and Buns, and Birch). 



r (bust "protome" with a sword, signifying impiety, Horap. ii. 18) ; " tshoft " fist ; "tshaft" 



V -0 or " tshoft " or " tshofth " to trespass, error ; " tshop " audacity ; " tshaft " or " tshafth " adul- 

 terer ; " tshavtS " or " tshat tS " or " tshaft " impious, impiety ; " tshel " or " tshol " or " tsh61 " to plun- 

 der, spoils. — The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. 

 d. ii. pi. 15, and k. pi. 5 to 64). 



9 " tsho " a thousand ; " tsha " thousands ; " tsho " or " tsh6 " sand ; " otsh " or " 6tsh " many ; 

 A " tshaS " or "tshai " or "tsh6 " or "tatsha" or "tatshS " or "tartsho " numerous, many, to be 

 multiplied; " atshai " or "atsh6 " or "atshe " multitude ; " tshitsh " or "tshaitsh" or "tshSitsh" or 

 " tshoSitsh " dust. — The character, clearly but not exclusively a numerical sign, occurs under the 



