23-02-2025, 09:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 23-02-2025, 09:22 PM by Bluetoes101.)
"y" and "qo" work very much the same when starting a word in that they are mainly followed by a gallows character (f,p,t,k) or to a lesser extent "d". "o" is a bit more universal but works in this way too. These seem to be split off from "a" which will hardly ever be seen proceeding a gallows character or "d".
As you have seen you will find a fair amount of words which can start "o" or "y" or "qo".
It might be like trying to find a common link between "oats" "boats" and "goats", but an idea could be to try find strings of words in pages where you would expect labels and another, even if it is "okchy qokeedy ykedy" and not "okchy okeedy okedy"
Or on single words, lets take the famous "Pleiades" on f68r3. The word below the line is "oalcheol" which is unique, but "alcheol" actually shows up in the previous quire as "qokalcheol". These are the only two "alcheol" cases. The word above the line is "doary" or "doaro" which is also unique, but "doar" turns up 2 pages later, and again these are the only two cases of "doar". So building up a list like this might be more fruitful than trying to find exact matches.
Another example - choekey is the word at the top of the middle circle on f68v3. That is unique, but "choeke" is found top and bottom of the circle on f70r1 ("choekeeos" and "choekeey") to make up the only 3 cases of this sequence.
Though obviously we have no idea if these could be linked or "oats" "boats" and "goats", when the make up of the word is this unique it might be possible
As you have seen you will find a fair amount of words which can start "o" or "y" or "qo".
It might be like trying to find a common link between "oats" "boats" and "goats", but an idea could be to try find strings of words in pages where you would expect labels and another, even if it is "okchy qokeedy ykedy" and not "okchy okeedy okedy"
Or on single words, lets take the famous "Pleiades" on f68r3. The word below the line is "oalcheol" which is unique, but "alcheol" actually shows up in the previous quire as "qokalcheol". These are the only two "alcheol" cases. The word above the line is "doary" or "doaro" which is also unique, but "doar" turns up 2 pages later, and again these are the only two cases of "doar". So building up a list like this might be more fruitful than trying to find exact matches.
Another example - choekey is the word at the top of the middle circle on f68v3. That is unique, but "choeke" is found top and bottom of the circle on f70r1 ("choekeeos" and "choekeey") to make up the only 3 cases of this sequence.
Though obviously we have no idea if these could be linked or "oats" "boats" and "goats", when the make up of the word is this unique it might be possible