Words and proposed meanings

Every Linear A word that anyone has proposed a meaning for, with who proposed it and how firmly it is held. These are proposals, not translations: the script is undeciphered, and where sources disagree every one of them is shown.

31 words have a proposed meaning, the most firmly held first.

a-ta-i-*301-wa-ja11 texts
- establishedopening element of the libation formula; meaning unknown— conventional
- speculativegives— Salgarella 2025
- speculativeFather of the Bull-Contest— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
si-ru-te7 texts
- establishedlibation formula element; meaning unknown— conventional
- speculativefrom (a deity)— Salgarella 2025
- speculativemay it flow in streams— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
i-pi-na-ma6 texts
- establishedlibation formula element; meaning unknown— conventional
- speculative(a) favour— Salgarella 2025
- speculativethe libation offering— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
u-na-ka-na-si5 texts
- establishedlibation formula element; meaning unknown— conventional
- speculativerequesting— Salgarella 2025
- speculativeweep— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
a-ta-i-*301-wa-e1 text
- establishedopening element of the libation formula; meaning unknown— conventional
ku-ro37 texts
- widely acceptedtotal— conventional
pa-i-to2 texts
- widely acceptedPhaistos (place name)— Linear B correspondence
po-to-ku-ro2 texts
- widely acceptedgrand total— conventional
a-di-ki-te1 text
- widely acceptedDikte (place name)— conventional
a-di-ki-te-te1 text
- widely acceptedDikte (place name)— conventional
ja-di-ki-tu1 text
- widely acceptedDikte (place name)— conventional
- speculative(the dedicant's name)— Salgarella 2025
- speculativefrom Dikte— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
ka-ro-pa31 text
- widely accepteda vessel or container type— HT 31 layout
pa-ta-qe1 text
- widely accepteda vessel or container type— HT 31 layout
qa-pa31 text
- widely accepteda vessel or container type— HT 31 layout
se-to-i-ja1 text
- widely acceptedSe-to-i-ja, a place named in the Linear B Knossos tablets— Linear B correspondence
su-pa3-ra1 text
- widely accepteda vessel or container type— HT 31 layout
su-pu1 text
- widely accepteda vessel or container type— HT 31 layout
ki-ro14 texts
- debateddeficit, amount owed (?)— conventional
ja-sa-sa-ra-me7 texts
- debateda divine name or epithet (?)— conventional
- speculative(an) offering— Salgarella 2025
- speculativethe tears— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
qa-qa-ru3 texts
- debateda personal name (?)— Linear B correspondence
sa-sa-ra-me2 texts
- debateda divine name or epithet (?)— conventional
a-sa-sa-ra-me1 text
- debateda divine name or epithet (?)— conventional
ki-de-ma-*323-na1 text
- debatedan entry in a list of vessels; a vessel term (?)— HT 31 layout
sa-ja-ma1 text
- debateda vessel or container type, or its contents— HT 31 layout
su-ki-ri-ta1 text
- debatedSybrita (place name)— Linear B correspondence
i-da-ma-te2 texts
- speculativecompared with Mount Ida and with Demeter; unproven— conventional
- speculativeIda-Mate, a pre-Mycenaean form connected with Demeter— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
ja-ti1 text
- speculative(the dedicant's name)— Salgarella 2025
ta-na-i-*301-ti1 text
- speculativegives— Salgarella 2025
ta-na-raonly inside longer words
- speculativesanctuary— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
te-uonly inside longer words
- speculativeof the god— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
ti-nuonly inside longer words
- speculativeTinu, a divine name; proposed as an earlier form of Mycenaean di-wo-nu-so (Dionysos)— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed

Every word

The 895 words of two or more signs that an editor has divided off, in the order of their transliteration. The number is how many texts each stands on. Most have no proposed meaning.