29-08-2026, 06:24 AM
(27-08-2026, 10:29 AM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.My hunch is that "qo" is not a phonetic digram, but a symbol for "and", like our "&"; which is used like the Arabic "wa-" or Hebrew "ve-". That is, in Voynichese "qo" is a prefix not a separate word, and to say "A, B, C, and D" you write "A qoB qoC qoD".
That would not imply that Voynichese is Arabic or Hebrew (or Ge'ez), but may indicate that the Author's native language was Arabic or Hebrew, and thus he inserted the "qo-" on his own in conjunctive phrases because otherwise they would be confusing or "sound wrong" to him.
All the best, --stolfi
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Your idea is particulary interesting to me, because according my research -there is Arabic Influence in f67r1 for example ( I have recovered what do appear as the Arabic names of stars).
That suggested that Arabic sources wre used in authors documented material, or "user manual" (told in todays language).
But how your idea works in the text itself? Could you provide some specific examples how "qo" appears as "A qoB qoC qoD"?