CMGG entry for "{YUK}ETZ'NAB"      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Translation: Etz’nab (day 18)
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of "{YUK}ETZ'NAB"

              

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·     The 18th day of the Tzolk’in calendar.

·     Variants (2):

o A. There is just an “X”/ “diagonal cross”, consisting of two wavy lines, each with many tiny waves.

§ There is a variant of TOOK’ = “flint” which has a similar “wavy-X” in the centre.

o B. Iconographic origin unknown:

§ Left:

·       Approximately a vertical rectangle, but with a very slightly wider top half, creating a slightly protrusive “beak” on the left.

·       A “pond” (with dotted protector) in the bottom right.

§ Right:

·       A much narrower vertical rectangle with the two ends marked off (and slightly wider than the middle section of the rectangle).

·       With a dotted reinforcement on the right wall.