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

Variant: fish

                              

MC = K&H                 JM                             TOK.p8.r4.c3

 

Variant: boulder

                                   

TOK.p14.r3.c4                Polyukhovych              MacLeod&Bíró-DUDW.p383.fig6b

                                          CNC Panel F3

?                                        7.<9:<tz’u.ni>>           7.<tz’u:ni> 9.<tz’u:ni>

 

·     This variant 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).

·     A strong argument that this is tz’u is presented in MacLeod&Bíró-DUDW.