CMGG entry for "KINCHILTUN"      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.)

Translation: calendar unit kinchiltun, 8th highest in the LC
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of "KINCHILTUN"

                                  

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kinchiltun                                    

 

Coll-1 (Looper)

QRG Stela F B16a / D16a

13. kinchiltun

 

 

Montgomery = Coll-1                 

YAX HS2 Step 7 L1

kinchiltun                                       

 

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kinchiltun

 

·    Variants (2):

o A. Abstract:

§ Top:

·      Left: syllabogram nu. Two distinct variants of nu can appear in this position, making it even more likely that this is nu:

o    “eyeballs” nu, or

o    “knot with tassels” nu.

·      Right: logogram TZUTZ.

§ Bottom:

·      Abstract variant of PIK.

o B. Head:

§ Top:

·      Left: syllabogram nu. The only example shown above is with “eyeballs” nu.

·      Right: logogram TZUTZ.

§ Bottom:

·       Head variant of PIK (bird-head with hand-jaw).

·    This is the 8th unit in the LC and is one calendar unit above the kalabtun, i.e. it consists of 20 kalabtuns. It is known that this calendar unit is not pronounced kinchiltun – this is just a name used by epigraphers for convenience. While it’s not entirely clear whether it is of itself a logogram or if it’s a compound with PIK/PIH as part of it, the structure of the three higher units (piktun, kalabtun, and kinchiltun) – all with PIK/PIH at the bottom – suggests that it’s the latter, a compound.

·    What distinguishes kinchiltun from pik, piktun, and kalabtun are the elements at the top, which appear to be nu and TZUTZ. There also appears to be a variant with nu and the reduced variant of AJAW.