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1.3 OLD EGYPTIAN AND COPTIC - ANCIEN ÉGYPTIEN ET COPTE -

akh = ekh

akhom,akhmu,akom,ahom.- cf. Ar. rakhma Egyptian Vulture, 199

aliti.- (copte) domestic hen ð6.2.32.

anheb.- Pied Kingfisher Cerylerudis

apt,apdw.- water fowl ð6.3.10.

avok.- crow

ba.- "jabiru"

bai.- (copte) Bittern 125 ?, Night Heron 126 ? prob. the same as the preceding name

baïs.- (Coptic) = vaïs

benu.- a heron, prob. the Little Egret, 121

bnw.- phoenix ð3.5.3.1.

bik (Coptic).- cf. Ar. baz, hawk

bjn = benu

bnn = wbnn

caime.- (Coptic) "name of a fowl"

db,deb.- Hoopoe, 263, cf. Berb. tebib (see base t-p ð4.4.12.)

dhroti.- Sacred Ibis Threskiornismelanocephala

dSr.- Flamingo, 24 ("the red one)

ekh.- Ibis chauve Geronticuseremita, 31

gbb.- goose or species of goose

gmi = khemi

gmt.- Glossy Ibis

Plegadisfalcinellus

hent,henti.- a heron

heru-em-aakhi.- a hawk

hb,hibi,hip,hippen.- Sacred Ibis Threskiornismelanocephalað4.4.1.1.

Hwr,hor.- a hawk, Ar. id.

ka.- goose, 27, cf. Caucas. qaz

kbhw.- a waterbird = gbb

khemi,gmi.- "pelican"; prob. the same as khm,akhom q.v. and Anc. Hebr. khem Egyptian Vulture, 199; for confusion pelican and Egyptian Vulture, see No. 103, Ital.

khm = akhom

khen.- goose, cf. Anc. Gr. chèn

khennion.- Quail

khrompi(Coptic).- pigeon

kukuph (Coptic).- Hoopoe, 263

kukupha.- Hoopoe, 263

kukt.- Cuckoo

`kh.- Cormorant

leheras.- Glossy Ibis, 130, cf. Ar. al-hareiz

man,mnwt.- pigeon, cf. Ar. hamam

m.- owl. appears to be the same word as Eg. Ar. hàm

massassa.- owl, cf. Ar. (Palest.) masàsah, No. 238

ma`.- head of a crested bird

mori (Coptic).- cf. Amhar. amorà "vulture"

mnt.- swallow

nchire (Coptic).- cf. Ar. nisr Vulture ð14.5.

nds.- sparrow, i.e. "small" (bird)

nrt,nert.- vulture

neSer (Coptic).- vulture ð14.5.

nh.- Guinea Fowl

niw.- Ostrich

nkht.- Lapwing

ovok = avok

papôi (Coptic).- unidentified

perodias (Coptic).- Black Kite, 215

por,pori,pore,porengi (Coptic).- Quail, 23, ham.-sem. q.v.

psk.- head of the Spoonbill

pta.- cf. Ar. batta "goose"

prt.- Quail, see por

ququpath = kukuph

ro.- goose

roSan,ruSan.- Night Heron, 126

`rt.- a unidentified bird

sda.- Little, or Cattle Egret; also "shake", an allusion to the buoyant flight of these two herons ð6.3.10.

senunu = sununu

smen.- goose; the fattened bird, cf. syr. Smen "fat"; see No. 23, Ham.-Sem.

Snt.- heron

sr.- Egyptian Goose, cf. Tigré ceru, Somali tseru Egyptian Goose Alopochenaegyptiacus

st.- Pintail Duck

sununu.- swallow, Ar. id.

ta.- nestling; also "child"

tnHr,tanerit = nert

tantoli (Coptic).- a fish -eating bird

terepe.- "goose"

tore (Coptic).- Prob. the Black Kite

tre = tore

tyw.- a hawk

vaïs (Coptic).- vulture ð6.1.

vini,wr.- "swallow"

w.- "quail chick"

wbnn.- cf. Berb. wabenna wagtail (Wölfel)

wr.- "swallow"

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