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๐€› โ‰ˆ ๓ฒ‚ฅ only as logograph in cretan โ‰  ๓ฒ€Œ ๓ฒ€‹ ๐˜ฉ NWA ๐“‚œ no never nix
๐€› โ‰ˆ ๓ฒ‚ฅ ๓ฒ„‰ ๓ฒ‡ฉ ๓ฒ‚ฆ ๓ฒ…ฟ ๓ฒ†€ ๓ฒ‹ ๓ฒ‹Ž ๓ฒˆœ ๓ฒˆ ๓ฒˆก ๓ฒŠ€ ๓ฒบ ๓ฒป ๓ฒ‚ฃ ๓ฒ‰ฌ ๓ฒจ ๓ฒ‚ค ๓ฒˆฆ ๐€› ni ๐ƒ“
๐˜ NI ฮฝฮนฮบฯฮปฮตฮฟฮฝ nikuleon โ‰ˆ ู†ูŽุฎู’ู„ูŽุฉ naแธตla "date palm" "date, fig"
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ฮฝฮนฮบฯฮปฮตฮฟฮฝยท ฯ„แฝธ ฯƒแฟฆฮบฮฟฮฝ แผฮฝ ฯ„ฮฑแฟ–ฯ‚ ฮšฯฮทฯ„ฮนฮบฮฑแฟ–ฯ‚ ฮณฮปฯŽฯƒฯƒฮฑฮนฯ‚ (attributed to Hermonax in Athenaeus Deipnosophistae 76e).

In other words, Hermonaxโ€™s ฮฝฮนฮบฯฮปฮตฮฟฮฝ and the use of ni as the ideogram for fig in Linear B very likely are derived from this Minoan word.

bu.ฮฝฮนฮบฯ ฯ†ฮฟแฟ–ฮฝแฟฮพ phonix "date palm"

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