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

Translation: start of the year
Part of speech: Verb

Spellings of chum tuun

                                                        

K&H.p17.#1.4                        JM.p68.#1                                           JM.p68.#3

CHUM[TUUN]                        <CHUM[mu]>.<TUUN:ni>                <CHUM[TUUN]>:ni

 

·    This is not for erecting of a stela.

·    Instead, it means “Seating of the Year” – in the similar way to CHUM-POP is the first day / start of POP, and CHUM-HAAB is the start of the month, so CHUM-TUUN is the start of the year.