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

Variant: boulder

                                                                  

K&H = K&L                         TOK.p34.r1.c1                    BMM9 = CMC4 = FK2              

 

·     This variant (the only one) is a boulder outline with two infixed elements (a “necklace” and “blades of grass”) in common with a number of other glyphs. The list below shows the unique element infixed in the top which distinguishes them from one another: 

o ba: LEM-like element.

o ma: right-side-up AJAW-face.

o t’u: KAWAK.

o tz’e: a slightly curved, bold V with “dot protector” underneath (the “dot protector” replaces the “necklace”, and the bold V can sometimes be non-bold).

o tz’u: K’IN.

o HA’: cross-hatched circle.

o “IMIX”: cross-hatched circle or LEM-like element (usually distinguished from HA’ by the blood cartouche).

·     Stuart-GfRaLp3.para2.l-3 entertains the possibility that this is tz’e derived from TZ’EH (meaning “right” as in “right vs. left”).

 

Sub-variants (1)

·     A. Only form:

o Top: “butterfly” variant of ma

o Bottom – boulder, with inside:

§ Top: bold curved V with dotted reinforcement on the bottom

§ Bottom: blades of grass (optionally paired)