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