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“ jfih ” or “ jinjómjém” touch, to touch; “ jajithól ” tow, “ shashinou ” undressed flax, “ shashétól”
tip of nose; “ shashitón” upper garment; “ thouraji” sacred cloak (compare “ royal rob e ” in Horap.
i. 38) ; “ jihvas,” garments ; “ jat ” or “ jét ” or “ jo t ” or “ jóté ” to penetrate. — The character occurs
under the Third dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3); and the dog without any accompaniment, under the
Nineteenth (Leps. k. pi. 32).
The dog, from North America, known in Egypt nearly or quite as far back as the time of the
invention of writing: — hunting with greyhounds is figured under the Third dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi.
6 ) ; also under the Twelfth, at Benihassan; and I was assured, is practised to the present day in
Nubia, the superior swiftness of the breed being recognized, as in Europe. Under the Fourth
dynasty, in the one or two instances observed at Gizeh, tlie dog continued of the breed figured in
Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, agreeing with the jackaj in the pointed muzzle, but the tail curling. Under the
Twelfth dynasty at Benihassan, the breeds were numerous, one of them being pretty distinctly the
turnspit. In Switzerland during the Stone period, dogs were kept by the inhabitants ; as appears
from debris of the earliest villages (R u tim .in Troyon). Eastward in Hindustan, the dog is mentioned
in the Sama Veda (Stevenson) : in the Institutes of Menu (Braminical version) ; a horseman
followed by hounds is figured in the Budhist cave-temples at Adjunta, but I met with no figures of
the dog in Braminical cave-temples. The sign for dog enters into the “ primitive” characters of
Chinese writing (Pauth. 84): and a “ large d o g ” was brought to the emperor Wou-wang by ambassadors
from the country of Lou in the West (Chou-King), probably a Thibetan mastiff; such as are
figured on the monuments at Niniveh, and mentioned by Greek and Roman writers, and by Marco
Polo 116 as “ chenz mastin qe sunt grant come asnes.”
The Australians appear to be the only considerable portion of mankind destitute of the companionship
of the dog ; yet the dingo, according to Leidy, is only the domestic dog carried there and
become wild (facts pointing to Hindustan). Eastward from China and the Malayan archipelago, the
dog was carried by Polynesians throughout the islands of the Pacific (except only that I was unable
to ascertain. Whether it was aboriginally known in New Zealand). The American tribes, from the
Arctic Sea to Cape Horn, had the companionship of the dog, and certain remarkable breeds had
been developed before the visit of Columbus (F. Columb. 25) : further, according to Coues, the cross
between the coyote and female dog is regularly procured by our Northwestern tribes, and according
to Gabb, dogs one-fourth coyote are pointed out; the fact therefore seems established, that the
coyote or American barking wolf, Canis latrans, is the dog in its original wild state.
“ matshi ” or “ tshi ” balance-scales ; “ jatmé” a heap; “ jó t ” or “ m é jt” or “ moujsh” or
“ moujt” mixture, mingled, to mingle; “ jp o ” or “ jpio ” or “ jipé ” or “ jipó ” to argue, argum
en t; “ moutsht” circumspection, deliberation, to consider; “ jitshojné” to consult, deliberate;
“ phóji ” or “ jéj ” to sp lit ; “ tshig ” length : — in English “ match.” The character occurs from the
Tenth dynasty to the Twentieth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 145, and iii. pi. 232).
iPj, “ matshi ” or “ tshi ” or “ tshié ” w e igh t; “ tsh ie ” length; “ t s h i” or “ jin tsh i” mensuration;
\ J “ mjéhé ” or “ émjéh” or “ méjénh” or “ mjéhe” eyebrows. — The character occurs under the
A Third dynasty, and continues in use (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3). A second form occurs from the
Fourth dynasty to the Ptolemies (Leps. d. ii. pi. 22, k. pi. 52, and Rosselin. M mon. stor. ix. 35).
A third form 2 occurs in the Book of the Dead 125. 9, and continues in use 9 under the Twentieth
dynasty (Rossel. mon. cult, x l ix ; “ the weight or adjustment of the balance,” Buns, and Birch.) A “ jó lh ” apex, an affair of no moment; “ jo lh ” or “ je lh ” le a s t ;— in English the colloquial
phrase “ little end of the horn,” the exclamation “ fudge ! ” . The character occurs from the
Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 2, and k. pi. 23 10,63).
th soft, the Greek thélta, its pervading meaning soothing.
(two crows “ korónas” signifying matrimony, Horaq. i. 9); “ thénió” eclipse; “ théitóuó”
or “ thétshé” neighbour; “ th é ” or “ th e ’’ like unto; “ thón ” or “ ténthón ” to assimilate,
become similar ; “ thóhthéh ” keeping company with, friendship ; “ tharin ” confidence,
“ tharin” bond; “ th at” or “ tlie t” or “ th5t ” good disposition, blessing, consolation; “ thri-
mos” gladness, joy ; “ thélél ” gladness, exultation; “ thSn ” our, — The character occurs under the
Seventeenth and Eighteenth dynasties (Leps. d. iii. pi. 13, 15. 65, 73, and k. pi. 53). The further
signification of “ Mars and Venus,” given by Horapollo i. 8, belongs doubtless to a subsequent
period: the cry of “ ékkóri,” from “^kori ” meaning “ korSne,” was kept up in his own day at Greek
weddings.
J I, “ the ” prow of a ship : “ the ” womb. — The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty
P~T-JI and the Book of the Dead, to the Eighteenth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 18, and Buns, and Birch),
(scarabmus signifying only-begotten or principal, also race or family, also father, also the
4^7 world or orderly arrangement, also male, Horap. i. 10); “ thiót ” father ; “ mauaat ” or “ mmau-
X R a t ” alone, only-begotten; “ thatsh” or “ thetsh” or “ thotsh ” or “ thStsh ” arrangement, to
^ dispose; “ themso” to establish; “ thSuót ” image (image of the world, Horap. i. 10); “ th o ”
transferred b y the Romans continues as our Western capital letter D. : „ 3 - “ maau ”
' E (vulture signifying mother, also “ orion ” limit, also compassion. Ho ap . i ) ,
nr “ on ” or “ mau-th ” or ( “ mouth,” Plutarch) mother ; “ thotsh or th6tsh lim t,
E “ mSthnaet” compassion. - The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the
t h E n e “ thae ” end ; - in English “ thee.” The perch with the bird resting on it, occurs
the hiiiblv finished figure on the Gliddon mummy-case, the two appendages of the perch are
,0 J , «M ..o " ..l p ro .., . . . . . .1.0 . . . o ./ ,./ ro » 0 - .... I .« '™
Eaieoury seems to belong especially to the country on the E u p h ra te s ,-an d a v a s found by Laya a
practised among the Arabs there to the present day.
k initial or c hard, its pervading meaning compensation, to the end of
“ kSn” or “ k ou n ” bosom. — The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the end oi
hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 6, and k. pi. S to 64).
“ k 61” to" roll together. — The character occurs under the
-<»— “ kSvvS ” or “ kvvS ” folding or doubling. - The character occurs from the Third or f ourth
dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. k. pi. 5 , 6’ 7 67)- „
“ kooh ” cup or bowl ; “ kU61 ” or “ kaji ” water-bucket; kaa ” o. ka or or ke
or “ k6 ” to place ; - in English “ cow.” - T h e character occurs from the Th id djnasty to the
end of lie t l y p l f i c writing (Leps. d. h. pi. 2, and k. pi, 5 to 67). The Egyptian dnnking-ciips
( E d i o r t o Herodotus)%;ere' made of copper; and the above shallow pattern - continued
L the Assyrian monuments, and in the drinking-cups of copper or brass used to the present
L bv the Hindus. The above word “ k o o h ” may prove the origin of the name “ cow n the
languages around the Mediterranean not applied to the animal, but occurring farthei North and
East (see cow).
hand folded in receiving payment: “ kah or “ kahi ‘ kShi ” dust ; “ kahs ” custom, c e iv in g paymciiL ...an .p. — ----- „ . . . . .
conscience ; “ kad ” or “ kat ” wisdom, prudence, shrewd; “ ken ” .sufficient; — in Hebrew
“ kph ” hollow of the hand, the eleventh letter ; corresponding to the tenth Greek letter kappa, an
botrindicabnv the niimbei’ twenty. The character occurs under the . . . . dynasty (Champ, diet.
98). The form of the incurved hand is continued in the third letter of the Roman alphabet, or our
"ri^’E u r e signifying two drachmas, unity consisting of two lines according to the Egyptians J Horap i n ) ; “ kS S s ” or “ kas ” bone ; “ kas ” a small piece of money ( the earhest Egyptian
money being perhaps rounded and bone-shaped, like that by the Greek.s called oyoloi, Zoeg.;
compare “ ovSldi ” obelisks) ; “ kev ” or “ kitS ” or “ kidi ” drachma or di-drachma ; kov or k6
multiplication : - in English “ cash ” The character occurs on the Gliddon mummy-case, also under
the Thild and Fourth dynasties (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3 and 25). The ^ flat nng of silver occurs from
the Fourth dynasty to the Nineteenth (Leps. d. ii, pi. 18 and 98 R J to iii. pi. 10 and Pl' o^)-
“ kdria” the two clavicles and fore part of the throat; “ kona painted; karia red
leather lining, helmet; “ kSktos ” variegated, spotted; “ klam ” or “ Horn g a ja o d ;
“ kthffinos” ornament, adorned; “ kemos ” ear-ring; “ kanSfffi” or “ hangu ” curls ; “ k la l ”
collar- “ k S n h i” shoulder; “ k la ria ” left shoulder of the constellation Twins ; kal cincture or
garment (“ kal-asiris ” of Herodotus). — The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Ptolemies
(Leps. d, ii. pi. 2, iii. pi, 138 and 254, and iv. pi. 3). , u n f “ kid ” sp o r t; “ kSmtS ” or “ komto ” or “ kmto ” agitation, concussion, earthquake ; kim
or “ kin ” vibration, bounding, to leap ; “ k6mk6m ” a timbrel or tambourine ; “ k 61h to beat.
The character occurs under the Nineteenth dynasty (Leps. d. lii. pi. 162),