sꜣwkꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

From Northwest Semitic. Compare Hebrew שֹׂכֹה (śōḵōh).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɑuːkɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: sauka

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. Sokho (an ancient Canaanite city)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sꜣwkꜣ  

sꜣwkꜣ	sꜣkꜣ	sꜣwjkꜣ
	The vulture glyph may be an error for a quail chick.

References

• Aḥituv, Shmuel (1984) “SOCHO”, in Canaanite Toponyms in Ancient Egyptian Documents, Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, →ISBN, pages 178–179