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

Translation: peccary
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of chitam

                                                                               

K&L.p14.#5.1&2 [JM.p62.#4 =  K&L.p14.#5.1]               TOK.p30.r5.c3                     BMM9.p17.r5.c2             25EMC.pdfp32.#5.1&2 = K&L.p14.#5.1&2 = JM.p62.#4         

CHITAM                  CHITAM                                                 CHITAM                               CHITAM                             CHITAM

 

·     No glyphs given in K&H.

·     Features:

o Trilobate nose.

o Mammal ear.

o Large eye.

o Parallel arcs in cheek / back of head.

·     Do not confuse this with the visually similar TIL “tapir” – the distinguishing characteristics are that in CHITAM:

o The trilobate nose is more distinctive.

o The eye is smaller eye, optionally with a IX” (stylized variant) infixed.

o Dorota Bojkowska confirms that it’s difficult to give criteria to distinguish them.