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

Alternative readings: CHIIT
Translation: father; patron
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of chit

                                                                     

K&L.p14.#4                  TOK.p31.r1.c4                    BMM9.p17.r5.c1                     Bíró-ONoM.p4.fig3 (Mathews)

                                                                                                                                       BPK Stela 2 H1-H2

CHIT                               pe/T’UL/CHIIT                   CHIT                                           IX.<YAX:CHIT> <1:WITZ’>.<NAH:KAN>                     

 

                   

YAX Lintel 15 B2 F1

YAX:CHIT NAAH:KAN

 

                                                                                              

TOK.p15.r1.c1 = BMM9.p11.r5.c2               JM.p63.#1                   JM.p163.#1              

lo / CHIIT              CHIT                                    CHIT:ti                          CHIT?                        

 

                                                                                     

Graham                                Helmke&Kupprat-WSA.p40.fig1.d                       Coll-1                                    Coll-1                                                                                         

NAR Stela 24 C16               PMT Panel 1                                                             YAX Lintel 14 G2a               YAX HS2 Step 7 Q3-R4                                                            

<CHIT:ti>.K’UH?                  <YAX:CHIT>.<1:WITZ’> NAH.<ka:KAN>               YAX:CHIT                              u.<BAAH:li{aan}> YAX:<CHIT:ta> 1.WITZ’ NAH.<KAN:na>

 

·     No glyphs given in K&H.

·     BMM9, K&H, K&L all give: ““father, patron”? cognate of kit” in contrast to EB which describes it as “unknown meaning” (but includes it under “kinship terms”).

·     TOK doesn’t distinguish CHIIT from pe and T’UL, and BMM9 and K&L implicitly suggest that CHIT is a bearded rabbit (from the drawing, not stated in words).

·     Many more examples shown under chit ch’ab.

·     The end phonetic complement of CHIT in YAX HS2 Step 7 Q3-R4 is ta, which is possibly why some sources give CHIIT instead of CHIT. Perhaps many more of them read CHIIT, but due to their philosophical principles, don’t write long vowels.

·     Variants (3):

o A. Representational: rabbit head with beard:

§ This glyph can also be read as pe (is there a tendency for pe not to have a beard and for CHIT to have a beard?).

§ This glyph can also be read as T’UL.

o B. Representational: deity / human-like head.

o C. Abstract:

§ This can also be read as lo.

§ Easily confused with IHK’ – the difference is that IHK’ often has some cross-hatching above the inner (lower) semicircle, specifically, in the “protector” part (if present) around the two small touching dots.

·     Occurs in the names of gods / titles of rulers, or in the meaning “father/patron”. See also Yax Chit Juun Witz’ Naah Kan.

·     JM.p163.#2 lo-k’u-ta èlok’ta = “came out from”, “emerged from”.

o Dorota Bojkowska: this is a misreading on the part of JM. This does not write lok’ or any of its related forms. It is the same glyph-block as CRN Panel 3 D2. It is CHIT:K’UH:ta. Dorota: not on CRN Panel 1.

o The fact that this is from CPN Stela P is established in Kupprat-LMylO.p47.pdfp8.fig2.l; unfortunately, it is unclear from the paper how Kupprat intends for this to be transliterated/read.

o MHD provides the solution: K’EK’EN?.ne.<CHIT:K’UH:ta>

§ The ne is presumably just the end phonetic complement for K’EK’EN.

§ CHIT K”UH is the phrase of interest.

§ The ta is glossed as the proposition “in”/“at”, with the location given in the next glyph-block (B12) – unfortunately an undeciphered glyph, assigned the 3-letter code MHD.AB7:

·       A glyph with two identical animal/monster heads, symmetrically facing outwards (the left head facing left and the right head facing right).

·       Only two hits in MHD – this one (CPN Stela P) and CPN Stela 7.