Re: Latin mxedruli, or do we really need capital and small letters?
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 27, 2004, 6:31 |
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On Thu, 27 May 2004 08:50:58 +0300, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
wrote:
> On May 26, 2004, at 4:29 AM, Paul Bennett wrote:
>> I don't have an example text immediately to hand, but in later texts
>> (even
>> into the fully-alphabetic stage), YHWH is written "DINGIRÿhwh".
> What's the significance of the diereisis (i have no idea how to spell
> that, and i don't care ;) ) over the |y|?
Actually, it's the y under the diaeresis that's the clever bit.
Basically, ÿ is the romanisation of the character (romanised ï)
(representing /i\/ and derived from Hebrew yod), wearing (in the native
script) a circumflex-like hat to show non-syllabity.
Er. Except i'm lying. ï is derived from Greek upsilon, ë /@/ is derived
from yod. So, actually, YHWH is spelled _DINGIR_ëhwh, (with a hat on the ë
in the native script) which is even less transparent.
Confused? I know I am. It's 2:30 am for crying out loud. Go to bed.
Paul