Lexeme: o-ni-ti-ja-pi

Language:
Greek: Mycenaean
Meaning:
bird
Cognate Set:
*h₃er- [Proto-Indo-European]
Romanised orthography:
o-ni-ti-ja-pi
Native script:
𐀃𐀛𐀴𐀊𐀠
Phonetic:
orniːtʰii̯apʰi
Phonemic:
orniːtʰii̯apʰi
Notes: Interpreted as the instrumental plural of an adjective *ὀρνίθιος (*ὀρνιθίαφι(ν)) meaning 'decorated with birds', referring to the ornamentation of a to-no *θόρνος 'chair' in PY Ta 707.1. The lexeme ὄρνῑς 'bird' is not otherwise attested in Mycenaean. Cf. Attic ὄρνις (stem: ὀρνιθ-) lexeme 18660.