CMGG entry for ch'ak      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Translation: chop; axe; kill
Part of speech: Verb

Logogram spellings of ch'ak

                                                                                     

K&H.p81.#6                        K&L.p36.#2                                                                                    TOK.p9.r4.c6               BMM9.p10.r1.c4        

CH’AK / CH’AK:ka               CH’AK                                                                                             CH’AK:ka                       CH’AK / CH’AK:ka       

 

                   

JM.p74.#1              JM.p74.#2

CH’AK                      CH’AK:ka

 

·     Do not confuse this with the phonetically similar chak = “red”, “great” (unlikely, as there is no semantic or visual connection, but here for the sake of completeness).

·     Do not confuse ch’ak = “to chop/axe” with chuk = “to capture” – although not that similar phonetically, they are in some senses “semantically” close, in that both often occur in the context of (or aftermath of) a battle:

o ch’ahkaj “he was axed”.

o chuhkaj “he was captured”.