Keftiann.adj.
/ˈkɛftɪən/ A. n.
Name in Egyptian records of a people of the eastern Mediterranean, identified by some authorities with the Cretans; a member of this people.
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the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [noun]
Keftianc1000
Pelasgi1581
the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [noun] > person
Hellene1482
Pelasgianc1487
Ionian1542
Minyan1566
Minyae1567
Thracian1569
Ionic1577
Hellenian1598
Lapith1607
Minoan1902
Keftian1903
Thraco-Phrygian1946
c1000 Ælfric De Veteri et de Novo Test., Hept. Gen. x. 14 Mesraim, Cames oþer sunu, gestrynde six suna; of þam comon þa Philistei & seo mægð Capturym.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. x. 14 And Mizraim begat..Casluhim (out of whome came Philistiim) and Caphtorim.
1891 A. H. Sayce Races Old Testament iii. 53 The Caphtorim..were the natives of the coast-land Caphtor.
1903 H. R. Hall in Ann. Brit. School Athens 1901–2 8 164 The facial type of the Keftians..is definitely European.
1903 H. R. Hall in Ann. Brit. School Athens 1901–2 8 165 Apparently Müller regarded the Keftiu not as themselves genuine Mycenaeans, but as mere handers on of Mycenaean objects.
1913 R. A. S. Macalister Philistines i. 14 The Egyptians were brought into direct contact with the Keftians.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Aug. 623/2 G. A. Wainwright in ‘Keftiu: Crete or Cilicia?’ publishes further evidence in support of his thesis that the Keftiuans of the Egyptian monuments are not Cretans..but Cilicians.
1961 C. F. Pfeiffer Baker's Bible Atlas (1962) iii. 41/2 The family of Mizraim had several branches: Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim,..and Caphtorim.
1967 H. E. L. Mellersh Minoan Crete v. 55 There can hardly be any doubt at all that the Keftiu were the Cretans.
B. adj.
Belonging to or relating to this people or their language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > isolates or no known affiliations > [adjective] > others
Lycaonian1582
Etruscan1607
Basquish1612
Rhaeto-Etruscan1848
Sumerian1874
Sumerian1875
Mysian1884
Keftian1903
Subarian1923
Mapuche1961
the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [adjective]
Pelasgianc1487
Ionical1566
Minyan1598
Pelasgic1715
Helladian1773
Minoan1830
proto-Greek1887
Keftian1929
1903 H. R. Hall in Ann. Brit. School Athens 1901–2 8 175 A list of Keftian proper names on a writing-board and a list of words of the Keftian language on papyrus,..are the last records of the men of Keftiu.
1913 R. A. S. Macalister Philistines i. 13 It has been suggested that it might be a nominative suffix of the Keftian language.
1913 R. A. S. Macalister Philistines iv. 115 The sign a, a man running, shows the simple waist-band which forms the sole body-covering of the Keftian envoys.
1929 J. Garstang Hittite Empire ii. 42 It was left to the Keftian traders to carry on commercial intercourse that brought to Egypt the wares of Crete and Mycenae.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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