CMGG entry for syllabogram te
(This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.)
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Variant: boulder
MC K&H JM TOK.p15.r1.c2
JM.229.1
Sub-variants (3) · A. Round boulder: o Semi-circular arc dividing boulder into a top and bottom half – bottom half ~ CV washer. o 2 touching dots attached to the upper side of the arc, in the middle. o In top half, on the inside: § 2 ticks on the middle of the left wall. § 2 ticks on the middle of the ceiling. § 2 ticks on the middle of the right wall. · B. Flint: same as round boulder form, but flatter. · C. “Cave”: o Rectangular boulder with bold top half of left wall, ceiling, and entire right wall. o Slightly curved vertical line, bulging to the right, dividing the inside into roughly two halves. o Two vertical touching dots halfway up the vertical line, on the right side.
Notes · Do not confuse the boulder-variant of te with the flint variant of su as they both have “whiskers” (short ticks): o te has “whiskers” in the top half only (at 9 o’clock, 12 o’clock, and 3 o’clock on the perimeter of the boulder outline), whereas su has “whiskers” at both the extremities of the flint outline. o te has only two “whiskers” wherever there are “whiskers”, whereas su has three or more “whiskers”. Also, te has a tendency to have a boulder outline, whereas su has a tendency to have a flint outline (though there are sub-variants of su with a boulder outline as well). · Do not confuse the boulder-variant of te with lo: o te has “whiskers” in the top half (at 9 o’clock, 12 o’clock, and 3 o’clock on the perimeter of the boulder outline) o lo has no “whiskers” at all.
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Variant: wood
JM.228.4
· This is actually just TE’ used acrophonically.
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