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

Variant: macaw

TOK.p26.r5.c2

 

                   

MC = JM ~= K&H              TOK.p11.r4.c3

 

                        

TOK.p11.r3.c2                      MHD.BP5.3

                                                

MHD (Tolles)                          MHD (Stuart)                            MHD (Looper)
PNG Panel 3 Q’1                    PNG Stela 5 E1                         PNG Stela 12 K1

K’AN.<mo:TE’>                      <K’AN:na>.<mo:TE’>                AJ.<mo?:chi:hi>

 

Sub-variants (3)

·    Full:

o Head of a macaw, with.

o Circle of touching dots with a central dot, signifying the eye and markings around it.

·    Reduced: eye of the macaw.

·    Snake:

o Could be viewed as the reduced variant, with a snake emerging from the centre of the eye.

o Additional radial arcs from the centre to the outer edge.

o MHD views this variant as a logogram.