Re: [tied] Albanian

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 6434
Date: 2001-03-07

I didnt say that pr means "goddess", I think pr (or p3) is the article.
The goddess Wadjet (Uto) 's city was renamed by the Greeks as
Aphroditopolis.

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From: Sergejus Tarasovas <S.Tarasovas@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Albanian


> -- In cybalist@..., João Simões Lopes Filho <jodan99@...> wrote:
> > I still prefer to accept the Martin Bernal's etymology for
> APHRODITE < Egyptian Pr-WDJ-T (Goddess Wadjet).
> >
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> But was Aphrodite green (<wD>) or cobra-like? Has Bernal indicated
> any functional and/or semantic parallels, or just phonetic similarity?
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> Again, I'm not an expert in Old Egyptian, but I've been
> thinking 'goddess' is <nTr.t> in Old Egyptian (that flag-like
> hyeroglyph + the loaf hieroglyph + an optional feminine
> determinative), <pr> rather meaning 'high'. An omograph?
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> Sergei
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