Hieroglyphs Addenda · Signs

𓍯V4 · wꜣ · lasso — wa

lasso

Where it comes from

A lasso — the throwing rope open in its loop. It writes wꜣ, the sound of distance and roads (wꜣ,t, “way”); and in the Ptolemaic rings it was drafted to carry the O of the royal Greek names.

How to remember it

The lasso flies far before it lands — wꜣ is the far-away sound, the first half of “way.” A rope thrown toward the horizon: distance, drawn.

In the wild

Piece by piece:

• Jmi̯,t — the name’s first element, opened by the giving arm
• -wꜣj — the lasso with its vulture and reed, closing it

A woman’s name with the rope-of-distance inside it, four and a half thousand years old. The sign is taught in 101’s chapter 11.