CMGG entry for syllabogram ku      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Variant: boulder

                                             

MC                                    K&H                                 JM                             TOK.p12.r5.c3

 

Martin-AMP.p398.r1.c3

<bu:ku>.<TUUN:ni:AJAW>

 

·     There is a sub-variant of the boulder-outline / abstract variant of ku where there are only a very few dots in the stalactite (canonically, three), and each of the dots has a tiny dot in the middle.

 

Variant: animal head

MC = K&H

 

·     There is a lot of space between the ceiling and the eye in order to be able to accommodate the “grapes” in a direct vertical line with the eye.

·     This animal head has both the characteristics of a bird and a snake:

o Bird-head: the animal head has a beak.

o Snake-head: the animal head has three teeth in the mouth.