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๓ฒ‚ฅ ๓ฒ‰ฌ ๓ฒ‚ฃ ๓ฒ‚ค only as logograph in cretan โ‰  ๓ฒ€Œ ๓ฒ€‹ ๐˜ฉ NWA ๐“‚œ no never nix
๐€› ni ๐ƒ“
๐˜ NI ฮฝฮนฮบฯฮปฮตฮฟฮฝ nikuleon โ‰ˆ ู†ูŽุฎู’ู„ูŽุฉ naแธตla "date palm" "date, fig"
๐œŽœ NU

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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