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

Variant: ma with lemon or gear

                           

MC = K&H                       JM                                  KuppratApp

 

              

KuppratApp                    TOK.p34.r2.c2

 

YAX lintel 3 F1b

 

·     Do not confuse with LAM (“decrease”, “diminish”, “elapse”):

o Similarities:

§ Top: reduced (“butterfly”) variant of ma.

§ Middle: one or two horizontal bars.

o Differences are in the bottom, where tza has:

§ Has “lemon outline” or “gearwheel” or “boulder outline”, while LAM has MIH.

§ Mnemonic: “lemons, gearwheels or boulders can reach the top of the tza(rts)”.

 

Features

·     Top: reduced (“butterfly”) variant of ma.

·     Middle: one or two horizontal bars.

·     Bottom: approximate boulder outline, the sub-variants have different shapes for the boulder outline:

o Inside: a circle or oval (optionally bold) attached to the ceiling, with a left feeler inside on the floor.

 

Sub-variants (3)

·     A. Lemon: lemon shaped boulder outline.

·     B. Gearwheel: gearwheel shaped boulder outline.

·     C. Smooth: smooth shaped boulder outline (what is inside this?).