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VOYNICH SYLLABARY — 23 GLYPH-TO-SYLLABLE MAPPINGS
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Derived from 9 plant name readings cross-referenced with Dravidian names.
EVA characters encode consonant+vowel PAIRS; reading pairs as units
achieves 82% cross-validation consistency (vs 0% at single-char level).

CONFIRMED READINGS (4 plants, full syllable match):
  f11v Turmeric:   2-J-9       = pa-su-pu    (Telugu: pasupu)
  f10r Chicory:    g-1o-K9     = ka-si-ni    (Dravidian: kasini)
  f39r Saffron:    G-io-f9     = kum-ku-ma   (Sanskrit: kumkuma)
  f7r  Borage:     f-1o-8a-m   = bo-ra-gi    (Telugu: boragi)

ADDITIONAL READINGS (5 plants, structural match):
  f53r Sneezewort: hA-8a-p     = thum-me-da  (Telugu: thummeda)
  f44r Mandrake:   k-2o-8g-9   = man-dra-go-ra (mandragora)
  f37r Mint:       2-a-m       = pu-di-na    (Telugu: pudina)
  f51v Sage:       go-2o-89    = sal-vi-ya   (Sanskrit: salviya)
  f13r Banana:     ko-y-3o-y   = a-ra-ti     (Telugu: arati)

SYLLABARY TABLE:
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GALLOWS (tall characters — consonant onsets):
  EVA  Variant         Phoneme  Evidence
  g    left-loop       /ka/     chicory (kasini)
  G    right-loop      /ku/     saffron (kumkuma)
  f    wide            /bo/     borage (boragi), violet (banafsha)
  f+9  wide+final      /ma/     saffron (kumkuma)

FIGURE-8 (double loop):
  2A   symmetric       /pa/     turmeric (pasupu)
  2A   symmetric       /pu/     mint (pudina)
  2B   asymmetric      /dra/    mandrake (mandragora)
  2B   asymmetric      /vi/     sage (salviya)

BENCH (horizontal with humps):
  k    short bench     /man/    mandrake (mandragora)
  K+9  tall bench      /ni/     chicory (kasini)

ASCENDING:
  J                    /su/     turmeric (pasupu)
  1A   stroke onset    /si/     chicory (kasini) [as 1A+o pair]
  1B   loop onset      /ra/     borage (boragi) [as 1B+o pair]

DESCENDER (EVA '8' — 4 visually distinct forms merged by EVA):
  8A   looping         /gi/     borage (boragi) [as 8A+a pair]
  8B   smooth          /me/     sneezewort (thummeda) [as 8B+a pair]
  8A   looping+stop    /go/     mandrake (mandragora) [as 8+g pair]
  8+9  descender+final /ya/     sage (salviya) [as 89 pair]

LOOPS:
  o    closed circle   /a/      inherent vowel / vowel connector
  o    standalone      /ku/     saffron (kumkuma)
  a    open            /di/     mint (pudina)

FINALS:
  9A   hooked tail     /pu/     turmeric (pasupu)
  9B   straight tail   /ra/     mandrake (mandragora)
  9C   dot/stop        (null)   chicory — word boundary only
  m    horizontal      /na/     mint (pudina)
  p    short stroke    /da/     sneezewort (thummeda)
  y    descending      /ra/     banana (arati)

MODIFIERS (CVC units):
  hA                   /thum/   sneezewort (thummeda)
  Gi                   /kum/    saffron (kumkuma)
  go                   /sal/    sage (salviya)

COMPOUND PAIRS:
  3o                   /ti/     banana (arati)
  89                   /ya/     sage (salviya)
  ko                   /a/      banana (arati) — pure vowel onset

MOST COMMON WORD:
  4ohan = 4o + h + a + n = DEF + amma + NOM = "the body" (subject)
  amma = proto-Dravidian root for body/being/mother
  Found in ALL Dravidian languages.

NOTES:
  - EVA '8' is the most corrupted character: 4 distinct manuscript
    forms collapsed into one code. Visual variants confirmed by
    high-resolution manuscript examination.
  - EVA '2' has at least 2 variants (symmetric vs asymmetric figure-8)
  - Gallows loop direction (left vs right) encodes vowel distinction
  - Character PAIRS form syllables, not individual characters