u.di.mi | u.su | Return to Toponyms in Linear A Texts. u.di.mi HT 117 (HT Scribe 9) 氏見 (ujimi) | † clan visitation  氏 (uji, uji-, shi) | family name, surname; bclan, lineage 見 (mi) | seeing, viewing ウシーミ (ushiimi) > † Σύμη (Syme or Symi, Simi) | Symi island, Greece Symi island [Greece] The […]

qe.ku.re | qe.ri.ja | Return to Toponyms in Linear A Texts. qe.ku.re HT 20 (HT Scribe 10) qe.ku.re | 隠れ (kakure) | concealed, hidden; crypto-, underground ku.ra | 倉 (kura) | a cellar, a depository, a granary, a magazine, a treasury, a warehouse Κόρκῡρα (Korkyra) | Kerkyra, Corcyra, Corfu [Kerkyra, Greece] A notable example of […]

pa.ta.ne | pi.sa | Return to Toponyms in Linear A Texts. pa.ta.ne HT 94 (HT Scribe 9) HT We 1019 (HT Scribe unknown) パタネ (patane) | Patane (unknown name) カタネ (katane) | Catana, Katane κατάνη (katane) | the skinning place Κατάνη (Katane) | Catania, Sicily [Catania, Sicily] The surname, Patanè, is specific to Patané, a district […]

ma.di | Return to Toponyms in Linear A Texts. ma.di HT 3, 69, 85, 97, 118 (HT Scribes 3, 7, 9, unknown) ma-di KN As 603+, Db 1168+ (Scribes 103, 117) 蠱 (maji) | (1) charmed or cursed (arch.); (2) something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons 真風 (maji) | […]

ki.da.ro | ko.sa.i.ti | ku.re.ju | Return to Toponyms in Linear A Texts. ki.da.ro HT 117 (HT Scribe 9) キダル (kidaru) | Kidal [Kidal, Mali] Isolated in northwestern Mali, Kidal is known not for its mining but for its handicrafts: gold and silver jewelry, leather goods, and swords, particularly Tuareg cutlasses and sabers. An interesting parallel […]