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“ rokh ” consumption, burning ; “ lakh ” or “ lôkh ” or “ rakh ” or “ rëkh ” or “ rôkh ” or “ kôk ” or
“ th ô k ” to burn, conflagration. — The character occurs as early as the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii.
pl. 22).
(tadpole signifying “ aplastôn ” mal-formed, candid, Horap. i. 25) ; “ svok ” or “ svôk ” dimin-
ished, lacking; “ m ik ë ” weak; “ takr ” pure, limpid; “ pok ” soft; “ lek ” or “ lëklôk ” or
“ lôklëk ” soft, softness, to soften. — The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the Ptolemies
(Leps. d. ii. pl. 22, iii. pl. s, 39i 238. iv. pl. 28).
(tadpole signifying reluctant to move, Horap. ii. 97 ); “ ët-tëk” or “ ak-tokt ” coagulated;
“ “ to lk ” to pull o f f ; “ ankoki” ring-finger; “ onk ” to arise, get up. — The character occurs
under the Nineteenth dynasty (Leps. k. pi. 35).
^ ^ “ h o ik ” or “ h ô lk ” a braid; “ tsholk” or “ tsli61k ” to plait, twist; “ jo lk ” o r “ jô lk ” or
“ shôlk ” or shôlk” to continue, extend; “ h ô k ” talk; “ s5k ” sterility; “ sô k së k ” yawning;
“ makmëk” or “ môkmëk” thoughts, reasoning ; “ s ô k ” to protract, provoke; “ on k ” 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. pl.
122, and k. pl. 47 to 65).
end of bench ; “ shask ” or “ shak ” or “ jak ” to applaud, clap hands ; “ atshkak ” or “ tshkak ”
lOr “ jitsh k ak ” or “ hitshkak ” clamour, to exclaim, cry out; — in Hebrew “ z ik ” or “ ts ik ”
clamour, to cry out. The character occurs from the Third to the Twelfth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pl. 4,
39, and 147) ; and in second form jg i from the Twelfth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing
(Leps. d. ii. pl. 147, and k. pl. iB j> 23 to 67). Seems besides the origin of the form X of the
eleventh Hebrew letter “ cph,” and K of the Greek letter “ kappa.” As according to Quintillian 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 Cæsar’s statement,
That the Druids of Gaul used the Greek alphabet. The Latin C hard, is however derived apparently
from the Etruscan and Umbrian ))|.
A e s (frog signifying shameless and sharp of vision, for it has blood only in the eyes, Horap.
ii. 96); “ leak” hairless eyebrows, suffusion; “ k ak -va l” bloodshot eyes ; “ h a k ” ready;
“ jo k r ” or “ jô k ë r ” ready, sharp; “ jëk jô k t” stubborn, “ jôkjk ” contumacy, “ ja k jë k ” contention
; “ jôksi ” crepitus. — The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic
writing (Leps. d. ii. pl. 27, 142, iv. pl. 77, and k. pl. 27 to 32).
|-| (one hand holding a shield and the other a bow, signifying the front of battle, Florap. ii. 5) ;
“ h ô k ” be lt; “ g ë k ” or “ g ô k ” or “ h ô k ” or “ hôk ” armour, to make war ; “ h a k ’’ fellow-
combatant; “ h ô k ” or “ phôrk” corslet. — The character oocurs from the Fourth dynasty and
the Book of the Dead to the Nineteenth (Leps. d. ii. pl. 97, 75, and k. pl. 32).
0 mallet; “ m e tsh ” anvil, “ mëtsh ” or “ matsh ” to strike; “ mëtshak ” whether, perhaps;
“ mëtshak ” again. — The character occurs from the Eighteenth dynasty to the Ptolemies (Leps.
d. iii. pl. 119, and k. pl. 52 to 57).
“ s ô t f ” tool; “ sô tfë f” chisel for quarrying; “ ônk ” or “ phônk” sculptured work, to sculi>
' ^ ture ; “ monk ” a thing formed. — The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Ptolemies
(Leps. d. ii. pl. 2, 44, and k. pl. 5 to 59) ; and is often represented in the vertical position from the
Eighteenth to Twenty-sixth dynasty (Leps. k. pl. 28 to 48).
p “ hakklf ” or “ hakëlf ” or “ hamklf ” or “ hanklf ” land-crocodile ; “ hamkllë ” coppersmith,
blacksmith; “ mankhat” silversmith; “ tsh ë k ” or “ tshek ” or “ tshdk” or “ tshôk ” or
“ tshôkh ” or “ tshôk ” depth, deep, to dig ; “ jolk ” or “ jôlk ” or “ shôlk ” to precipitate, be immersed
; “ jëkh ” or “ jôkh ” to fasten upon, bite ; “ sak ” or “ dsak ” to molest, be molested. — The
character occurs from the Twelfth dynasty to the Nineteenth (Leps. d. ii. pl. 138, iii. pl. 171).
The land-crocodile, Varanus, 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 “ .skigkôs,” is mentioned by
Apelles, and Sextius ; the “ skigkôs ” 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.
“ alak ” or “ halak ” ring, collar, ox-yoke ; “ nak ” for thyself ; “ hôk ” or “ hôkm ” to
bind, tie fast, tie together ; “ makh ” neck ; “ hôki ” to choke, to scourge ; — in English
the interjection “ a la c k ! ” . The first character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the
Eighteenth (Leps, d. ii. pl. 9, and k. pl. 27). The second character occurs from the Eighth dynasty
to the Nineteenth (tabl. Abyd., and Leps. d. iii. pl. 138).
“ th ôk ” or “ th ô k ” ship’s mast; “ së k s ëk ” to collect, number; “ s ë k ” or “ s ë k ” or “ s ô k ” to
walk, go before, to draw; “ ô u k ” to draw, drag; “ sô k s ë k ” exaction, to exact; “ mëkh ” or
“ mokh” or “ môkhs” ill treated, to be tormented; “ sôk ” sackcloth ; “ jô k ” o r “ jô k ” end. — The
character occurs in the Book of the Dead xxxvi. 99. 11 (Buns, and Birch).
i i ? . » a s k i . » S h . „ . . ■ . 1 0 . , , d o ., .loog , . X - i f j occur, ondec .1.. E lcc.r.l, d y o c .y (Lc,>.. d, il. pl. , 30). A p c .ib lc „ o d i S c . l i c o ^
“ “ S ; ' l " » d l o i . S R s S ! : ' T r.? cl.cr.c,.r occoV, Ibc s e e ,.« „ .I .
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and Buns, and Birch). „ „r TTr.r-,nnlln i 26V “ skorkr ” wallowing-place ; “ skSrkgr”
) % . Y „ m o l f , l n g . M l l.f ..! ~ . M ...a o ld R ‘j S » )
(C h am p , gram. 53, and rect. sarc. Bnt. mus.). . u - i ,in ” softness of skin, tender,
i c ; ; r . . . t T .« . . “ , . 0 . , , » . <e . p . . d. u.
_ pl. 18, and k pl. It to 48 | _ ^ «k g sk gs» or “ haskSk” whispering, to
'R l , t , ; R d S m c „ l n E t o l . a r c _ l l . r o „ g l . _ « . g ^
t # l S 5 S : = 5 S S a i i |
lam to n character of an arm holding a whip j a was observea oy
L ^ e f f at' Eenihassin in the'name of a ^ ^ g precedmg the Tw d ffo d^ 6 6 ) " T r c fo f f idm d
use until the end J J ^ l continues in use under the Roman emperors
whip X occurs as earl0S^ . . ■ g J ^ Phmnician letter “ Imth and
(Leps.^^k. pl. 63, 64);
Greek “ lamvtha,” of the ---
'is 'd e a r iy the origin of the form I / o f the Phcenician letter “ Imth” and
he Roman and Western L, and has proved perhaps the most permanent of
Eighteenth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. k^pl. 30
„ _____ ,„Aor,,/»7/. riilex. if not indisenous m Egvpt, 1
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