Sequential word repetitions in the VMS

[Arichichi]

"Two two for twenty two" - I think this positional expression is out of scope of the medieval mindset.

I was wondering about that too. Still something along these lines might be worth considering, since maybe the VM does not have dedicated single symbols for numerals. Do you think in that case their only option would be to write out "twenty two" in full instead of some verbose way of writing numerals?

That would be fine, but this method only assumes ten words (for nine digits + zero), there are many more variants of repeated words in the text...

When I rearrange the list you gave, I get the following structure, where I separate prefixes and suffixes...

=====(edy)
qotedy qotedy (4)

otedy otedy (1)

olkedy olkedy (1)

kedy kedy (1)

okedy okedy (4)
qokedy qokedy (11)
chedy chedy (11)
shedy shedy (8)

=====(chdy)
chdy chdy (4)
qokchdy qokchdy (2)

=====(ain)
ain ain (2)
dain dain (2)

otain otain (3)

okain okain (1)
qokain qokain (3)

=====(aiin)
daiin daiin (25)
okaiin okaiin (4)

=====(ey)
okey okey (1)

qokey qokey (1)
=====(eey)

qokeey qokeey (11)

=====(ar)
dar dar (4)

otar otar (2)
=====(al)
dal dal (1)
okal okal (2)

qokal qokal (3)
=====(or)
or or (4)
=====(ol)
ol ol (8)

qol qol (4)

sheol sheol (1)
/////////////Prefix
(none)
d
qot
ot
olk
k
ok
qok
q
ch
sh

This would suggest that there are words that this Pregix+Suffix arrangement might predict, and scientifically, would prove that a subset of the language uses such Prefix+Suffix pattern