There are 26 Merotitic signs which researchers agreed had established meanings before my decipherment of Meroitic. My identification of Tokharian/Kushana as the language of the Meroitic inscriptions has led me to accept some, but not all of the “established meanings for the Meroitic terms listed below:
“established Meroitic meanings” ...........alternative Meroitic meanings
at, ‘bread .....................................................‘down the road’
wi, ‘brother ...................................................‘honor’
sem, wife .................................................... sm, ‘protection,refuge’
kdi, woman....................................................... woman
st,foot/feet .........................................................------
edhe,tedhe, born by ..........................................------
el,l,yel, give ........................................................e ‘give’; gift
mk, deity............................................................ ‘diety’
lh, great ..............................................................‘great’
mlo, good............................................................. ml, ‘under influence, soul
ml-o, spiritual
mte, small,little................................................... ‘to unlock, to open’
qore, ruler .............................................................qor, ‘royal’; female royal:‘qor-i’
male royal:‘qor-e’
kdike, queen’s sister’ ...............................................------
tñyi, lion...................................................................... -------
abr, ‘man’ ..................................................................ab/ ap, ancestor, father
ste, ‘mother’................................................................. ‘mother’
s, person......................................................................... s, man, king
še, son
šr, sister
abd, province..................................................................ab ‘father, ancestor
kdis, sister .......................................................................kdi ‘woman’
ato, water.............................................................................. -------
erike, terike,.........................................................................yerike ‘begotten of’ terike, ‘fashion and revitalize’
rike,....................................................................................... ‘indeed to sojour’
yerike..................................................................... ‘on a journey to invigorate’, ‘revitalize , to give form to’
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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