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

Alternative readings: AJ MAHY
Translation: seller of tobacco
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of aj may

              

Martin-HftPP.p66.pdfp4.fig13 = Martin-HftPP.p67.pdfp4.c1.fig14 (Cases Martín)

CLK Structure Sub1-4 SE-E2 caption

AJ ma:ya                                                                              

 

·    Martin-HftPP.p66.pdfp4.c1.para2.l-7: The caption spells AJ ma-ya for aj mahy “tobacco person” (Figure 14).5 The *mahy root has been reconstructed for Proto-Mayan, and may is widely distributed in modern Mayan languages (Kaufman 2003:1144).