I-JA

island

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Reading
ʾiya
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*ʾVy- ‘island’
Kind
Toponym
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Hebrewאִיʾîʾî (אִי) ‘island, coastland’, šəʾērît ʾî Kaptôr ‘the remnant of the island of Caphtor’ (Jer 47:4)
  • Ugariticỉhtỉht (pl. cstr.) ‘islands, coastal region’ (KTU 1.3 VI 8; DULAT 31; GlOS 1, 60)

Attestations2 cited

  1. KN Za 103DNA DA-WA-[?]-DU-WA-TO I-JA[[damaged fragment]
  2. CR Zf 13DA-MA-WA-SI KA-NI-JA-MI I-JA QA-KI-SE-NU-TI A-TA-DEisland

Commentary

CR Zf 1 A-MA-WA-SI · KA-NI-JA-MI · I-JA · QA-KI-SE-NU-TI · A-TA-DE: I-JA complete, after KA-NI-JA-MI qāniy-yammi ‘Creator of the Sea’; KN Za 10 I-JA[ breaks after JA. ʾiy ‘island’, as Hebrew ʾî Kaptôr, Crete itself (Jer 47:4). Rivals: the vocative yā; the name element ʾIyya ‘where?’ (Emar i-ia; GlOS 1, 59). See A-JE.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

CR Zf 1Crete (findspot unknown)…i-ja…
Linear A Lexicon