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

Translation: smoke
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of butz': None known.

Syllabogram spellings of butz'

                     

Boot-BSCTPR.p12.AppE                Boot-BSCTPR.AppF

PAL TC R5-S5                                   PAL Temple XVII Panel B6

bu.<tz’a:ja> SAK.<chi:ku>               <bu:tz’a:ja> SAK:<chi[ku]>

 

·    Butz’ is no longer considered to have a logogram representation. Many “older” renderings of BUTZ’ now turn out to be just K’AHK’. So the only examples of butz’ left are those with pure syllabogram spellings.

·    The word butz’ = “smoke” is found in the name of an early PAL ruler: Butz’aj Sak Chi’íh, functioning  perhaps as a verb in this context.