INDEX

LinA words
pa.i.to | pa.ta.ne |

Japanese words (Romaji)
katane | patane |

Japanese words (Hiragana)
パタネ |

Japanese words (Katakana)
カタネ |

Greek words
κατάνη | Κατάνη | φαῖστος |Φαῖστος |

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pa.i.to | φαῖ(σ)το(ς) (phaistos) | bright, shining
pa.i.to | Φαῖ(σ)το(ς) (Phaestos) (attested)
HT 97 (HT Scribe 7)
HT 120 (HT Scribe 6)
LA pa.i.to and LB pa-i-to are universally believed to refer to Phaestos, the second largest palace center after Knossos; however, in the context of the LB sheep tablets, pa-i-to may simply refer to clean or disease-free animals. LB Scribe 117 is responsible for approximately 66% of approximately 50 entries at Knossos.
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pa.ta.ne | パタネ (patane)
pa.ta.ne | パタネ (patane) | unknown name
pa.ta.ne | カタネ (katane) | Catana, Katane
pa.ta.ne | κατάνη (katane) | the skinning place
pa.ta.ne | Κατάνη (Katane) | Catania, Sicily
HT 94, 122 (HT Scribe 9) (Toponym)
HT We 1019 (HT Scribe unknown)
The surname, Patanè, is specific to Patané, a district of Acireale in the Sicilian province of Catana (Catania), which is situated on the Ionian Sea coast. (See also ja.qi^f.) Perhaps Κατάνη “the skinning place” is an Ionic adaptation of Patanè; not only is Sicily famous for its leather goods, but the highest concentration of tanners appears to be in modern Catania. While katáne is said to be a Sicilian word, it seems more likely that the Sicilian patanè experienced a phonetic shift when the province was Hellenized around 729 BCE, following the invasion by the Ionian-Greek colonists from adjacent Naxos [Sacks 2005:78]. This phonetic shift sometimes occurs between the Attic Π (pi) and the Ionic Κ (kappa), in words such as ποῖος / κοῖος “who?” and πῶς / κῶς “how?”.
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