a tree-growth (not really a nut) found in the Mid-east. As an experiment, I’ve tried to make a respectable, kosher ink with walnuts instead. Walnut trees grow readily in the midwest. I collected a dozen walnuts with their husks from a tree near my home. The outer husk had been gr...
On the face of it, the syllabicchivalue of the Manik hand seems a straightforward explanation for its use in the day sign, a phonetic allusion to the wordchij, “deer.” But there are problems with this, in my view. It raises yet another conundrum, having to account for the near-const...