Note: AB *016, formerly PA2 or QA is now transcribed as QPA. See Phonetic Key. INDEX LinB words qpa-jo | qpa-ti-ja | Greek words καίω | κητία | χάϊος | qpa-ti-ja | κητία (ketia) | fishery of large fish, esp. thunny (tuna) KN As 1519+ (Scribe 101) (IPN) KN Fh 355 (Scribe 141) = κητεία […]

Note: AB *016, formerly PA2 or QA is now transcribed as QPA. See Phonetic Key. INDEX LinB words qi-ni-te-we | qi-si-pe-e | qo-ro-ka | < p style=”text-align: justify;”>Greek words κινητής | κρόκη | ξίφαι | qi-ni-te-we | κινητής (kinetes) | an inciter, a mover KN D 1024+ (Scribe unknown) In context, qi-ni-te-we may indicate 100 […]

Note: AB *016, formerly PA2 or QA, is now transcribed as QPA. See Phonetic Key. INDEX LinB words qe-ri-ta | qe-to | qe-to-ro-we Greek words †κατορος | χατος | χρίστης qe-ri-ta | χρί(σ)τη(ς) (khristes) | a whitewasher qe-ri-ta | χρί(σ)τη(ς) (khristes) | a stucco maker PY Eb 900 (Scribe 41), Ep 613+ (Scribe 1) (IPN) […]

INDEX LinB words pu-ro | ]pu-ti[ Greek words πυρός | πυτι ___________________________________________________________________________________________ pu-ro | πυρό(ς) (puros) | wheat, triticum vulgare Pylos “wheat tablets” Due to the frequency of this reference on Pylian tablets, scholars assume an alternation of /l/ for /r/ and surmise Πύλος (Pulos) “Pylos”. However, pu-ro is often accompanied by ko-wo, which is found […]

INDEX LinB words po-si | po-ti-jo | po-ti-ni-ja | po-ti-ni-ja-we | pte-no | pe-te-re-wa | Greek words πόσις | ποτίζω | πότνια | Ποτνιάς | πτανός | πτελέα | πτελέη | πτηνός | pte-re-wa | πτελέα (ptelea) | an elm pte-re-wa | πτελέη (ptelee) (Ionic) | an elm KN Se series (Scribe 127) KN So […]

INDEX LinB words po-ro | po-ro-ko | Greek words φόρκος | Φόρκος | πόρος | πόρω | φόρος | φορός | ___________________________________________________________________________________________ po-ro | (n.) πόρο(ς) (poros) | (1) ferry, ford; (2) means, revenue po-ro | (v.) πόρω (poro) | to give, to impart, to offer po-ro | φόρο(ς) (poros) | that which is carried […]

INDEX French words pomme LinB words po-de | po-ka | po-ku-ta | po-me | po-ni-ki-jo | po-pu-ri.jo | Greek words πόδα | ποκάς | πόκες | πόκη | ποκτήρ | πόμα | πορφυρέω | πορφυρίζω | πῶμα | φοινίκεος | φοινίκιος | po-de | πόδα (poda) | a foot PY Ta 641 (Scribe 2) 01.16.14 […]

INDEX LinB words pi-ri-je-te | pi-ri-te | pi-ri-no | Greek words πειρατής | † πιριέτα |  πρῖνος | πρινών | pi-ri-je-te | † πιριέτα for πειρατής (peirates) | pirate; brigand, sea robber KN Ra 1547, 1548, 1549 (Scribe 126) pi-ri-je-te appears to be an early form of πειρατής “pirate”, which may be the result of vocalic […]

INDEX LinB words pe-te-re-wa | pi-i.ja-ra | pi-je-se-me | pi-mo-no | Greek words πήμονος | πῖαρ | πίασμα | πίειρα | πίεσμa | πτελέα | πτελέη | pe-te-re-wa | πτελέα (ptelea) | an elm pe-te-re-wa | πτελέη (ptelee) (Ionic) | an elm KN So 894 (Scribe unknown) The elm is called “the spreading tree” and was […]

INDEX LinB words pe-re-ku-ta | pe-ri-no | pe-ri-qo-ro-jo | pe-ri-ra-wo | pe-ri-te-u | Greek words παραχύτης | περιρρέω | περιττεύω | περίχωρος | περιχωρόζω | pe-re-ku-ta | παραχύτη(ς) (parakhutes) | one who pours in, esp. a bath attendant PY An 172 (Scribe 1) 08.20.17 pe-ri-no | πρῖνο(ς) (prinos) | the holm oak (Quercus ilex) or […]

INDEX LinB words pe | pe-di-je-we | pe-i | pe-ko | pe-ma | pe-mo | Greek words πᾶς | πάχος | πεδιάς | πει | πημα | πήμων | ___________________________________________________________________________________________ pe | πᾶ(ς) (pas) | all Knossos (Scribes 102, 103, 106, 116, 117, 207, unknown) A majority of the approximately 80 entries for pe are found […]

INDEX LinB words pa-sa-ro | pa-si | pa-si-te-o-i | pa-wi-no | pa-wo | Greek words φάϝος | φαίνω | φάος | φασι | *φασιταοί | φαῦος | √ ΦΑΩ | ψαρόν | ψαρός | ψηρός | pa-sa-ro | ψαρό(ν) (psaron) | a siccative powder pa-sa-ro | ψαρό(ς) (psaros) (Doric) | dappled, speckled pa-sa-ro | ψηρό(ς) (pseros) | dappled, speckled […]

INDEX LinB words pa-ro | Greek words πῆρος | πηρός | pa-ro | πῆρο(ς) (peros) | dotage, loss of strength pa-ro | πηρό(ς) (peros) | disabled, incapacitated, maimed Knossos (Scribes 112, 114, 116, 120, 124, unknown) Pylos (Scribes 1, 2, 14, 21, 22, 41, 43, Ci, Cii, Ciii) Thebes (Scribe 304, γ, ζ) 10.26.14

INDEX LinB words pa-i-to | pa-ja-ni | pa-ja-ni-jo | pa-ka-na | pa-ke-te-ri-ja | Greek words παιᾶνις | παιᾱνίζω | σφάκτρια | σφάγνος | φαῖστος | Φαῖστος | φάσγανον pa-i-to | φαῖ(σ)το(ς) (phaistos) | bright, shining pa-i-to | Φαῖ(σ)το(ς) (Phaestos) (attested) Knossos (Scribes 103, 117, 128, 130, 132, 136, 210, unknown) LA pa.i.to and LB pa-i-to are […]

INDEX LinB words o-u-ki-te-mi | o-u-te-mi | Greek words οὐταμι | οὐχιταμι | o-u-ki-te-mi | *οὐχιταμι (oukhitami) | *uncut, undivided (for distribution) o-u-ki | οὐχί (oukhi) | not, on the contrary (adverb) te-mi | τάμε (Ionic for ἔταμε) | cut te-mi | ταμί(α) | manager, one who distributes KN V 280 (Scribe “124”) Perhaps τάμε […]

INDEX LinB words o-re-i | o-re-i.ja | o-ta-re-wo | Greek words ὅραι | ὄρεϊ | ὀρειάς | ὄστρειον | ὄστρειος | ὄστρεον | ὀστρεώ- | o-re-i | ὅραι (orai) | to look, to observe, to see o-re-i | ὄρεϊ (orei) | a hill, a mountain KN B 7034 (Scribe unknown) The meanings of these two […]

INDEX LinB words o-pe-ro | o-pi-si-jo | Greek words ὄψιος | ὑπαρός | ὕπερος | Φύρω | o-pe-ro | ὑπαρό(ς) (uparos) | to plough, to till o-pe-ro | ὕπερο(ς) (uperos) (mg) | a pestle o-pe-ro | Φύρω (phuro) | to mix, to stir Knossos (Scribes 131, 207, 220, 221, 223, unknown) MY Ge 604 (Scribe […]

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INDEX LinB words o-da-i.ja | o-i.ja | o-ka | Greek words ὁδεία | οἶα | ὀχή | ____________________________________________________________________________________________ o-da-i.ja | ὁδεία | traveling o-da-a2 | ὁδεία | traveling for o-da-a2 Pylos (Scribes 1, 2, 21, 24) o-da-i.ja typically begins sentences on the pe-mo tablets and is followed by anthroponyms, to indicate traveling supplicants.  Cf. wo-de-wi-ja “that […]

INDEX LinB words ne-wo-ki-to | ne-wo-pe-o Greek words ναωχιτο | ναόπαό | ne-wo-ki-to | *ναωχιτο (naokhito) | *a youthful, flowing tunic that is worn either in a shrine or on a ship ne-wo | ναό(ς) (naos) (Doric) | (1) a dwelling, a shrine, a temple, (2) a ship ne-wo | νεώ(ς) (neos) (Hom.) | dwelling, […]

INDEX LinB words na-ki-zo | na-pu-ti-jo | ne-me-ta-wo | Greek words ναξος | Νάξος | νεμέθω | νηπύτιος __________________________________________________________________________________________ na-ki-zo | ναξο(ς) (naksos) | solid; a solid na-ki-zo | Νάξο(ς) (Naksos) | an island that is known for its sculptures KN Wm 8499 (Scribe 103) Νάξος is named for the solid stone of its sculptures. 11.16.14 […]

INDEX LinB words mo-ne-we | mu-ti-ri | Greek words μονάς | Japanese words (Katakana) むっちり | Japanese words (Romaji) mucchiri | mo-ne-we | μονά(ς) (monas) | single, solitary Thebes (Scribes 305, 306) = μόνος (monos) mo-ne-we exclusively appears on Theban tablets and is likely the word from which MO is derived. MO appears as a […]

INDEX LinB words me-wi-jo | me-wi-jo-e | me-zo | me-zo-e | Greek words μαιοι | μαιον | μάζω | μαζοι | me-wi-jo | μαιο(ν) (maion) | a kind of cummin Scribe 103 (Knossos) Pylos (Scribe 2) me-wi-jo typically accompanies me-zo “barley” both in the transcriptions and in recipes. me-wi-jo-e | *μαιοι (maioi) | *a kind […]

INDEX LinB words me-ri | Greek words μάρις | μερίς | μελί | me-ri | μάρι(ς) (maris) | (1) advantage, aid; (2) a liquid measure; (3) a part, a portion me-ri | μερί(ς) (meris) | a contribution, *an offering me-ri | μελί (meli) | honey KN Gg 702, 704, 7369 (Scribe 103) All of the […]

INDEX LinB words ma+re | ma-ro-ne | Greek words μᾶρον | μήρυ | Japanese words (Kanji) 〇 | 円 Japanese words (Katakana) まる | Japanese words (Romaji) maru | ma+re (B *145) LANA | wool ma+re | μήρυ (maru) | a fleece to be spun ma+re | まる (maru) ma+re | 〇 (maru) | circle […]