DU

Linear B DU
Linear B Syllabogram *51, /du/

DU- Sign Groups

anthroponym du-ko-so[ PY hapax
du-ma, du-ma-te-qe, ]du-ma-ti, me-ri-da-ma-te, me-ri-du-ma-te, me-ri-du-ma-si, po-ro-du-ma-te KN, PY
anthroponym du-ni KN hapax
du-ni-ja KN hapax
anthroponym du-ni-jo, (genitive) du-ni-jo-jo KN, PY
anthroponym du-pi-jo KN hapax
anthroponym du-pu2-ra-zo KN
anthroponym du-pu2-so KN hapax
du-qo-te-ja TH
anthroponym du-re-u PY hapax
anthroponym du-ri KN hapax
anthroponym du-ru-po Kn
du-ru-to-mo PY hapax
anthroponym du-sa-ni KN hapax
anthroponym du-ta-so KN hapax
anthroponym du-to KN
anthroponym (du)-tu-wa KN hapax
anthroponym ]du-wo-jo, (genitive) du-wo-jo-jo PY
du-wo-u-pi PY

Phonetic Greek

δ, cf. du-ru-to-mo (Woodard 1997: progressive spelling rule)
δυ, cf. du-ri

DU as an Ideogram

Chadwick & Ventris 1973 (MY Ui 709): meaning obscure

Alternations

do

wi-do-wo-i-jo (Pylos);
wi-du-wo-i-jo (Pylos Scribe 2)

References

Chadwick, John and Michael Ventris, 1973 Documents in Mycenaean Greek

Woodard, Roger D., 1997 Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer: A Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet and the Continuity of Ancient Greek Literacy

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