CMGG entry for syllabogram pa
(This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.)
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Variant: boulder
MC K&H JM TOK.p11.r2.c1
· AT-YT2021-lecture20.t0:00:56-01:48 (only the boulder form is shown in the slide, neither the head variant nor the full-figure variant are shown, only described): This is a syllable pa. And it's actually not black - it's really cross-hatching. In painting and in carving, it basically shows a piece of net. We don't know why, but [the] Ancient Mayas thought that men dressed in full-body net suits are funny. And so Maya clowns looked like people dressed in full-body net suits with very large exaggerated noses, and they carry rattles. There's a whole article written about what Maya clowns look like. So the full form of this sign is a whole fellow looking like that, and that’s just a piece a net [pointing to the reduced form].
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Variant: split
MC.159.c2.r1.3
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Variant: clown head
MC JM.p199 S&Z.p33 TOK.p23.r2.c3
· See note under the boulder form for an explanation of the cross-hatching.
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