CMGG entry for k'al2      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Alternative readings: WINIK / WINAK / WINAAK
Translation: Number “20”
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of k'al2

                                                                                                                                         

K&H.p78.pdfp80.r5.c4         K&L.p34.#2.1&2 = 25EMC.pdfp39.#7.1&2 = MC.p164.r3.c1              TOK.p14.r5.c2                  BMM9.p12.r7.c2     JM.p144.#3 = K&L.p34.#2.1

WINAK? / K’AL                       K’AL / WINIK          K’AL / WINIK                       K’AL                                 20                                      UH / WINIK                           

 

                                                                                                                        

AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:51:20                         AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:52:14

WINAAK                                                           1.<WINIK:ki>

 

                                          

AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:51:20                         Stuart

                                                                           PNG Stela 3 A7

WINAAK                                                            Glyph-A = <WINIK:ki>.9

 

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NAR Stela 46 B7

20:10

 

AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:51:20

WINIK

 

·     Each of the five standard sources gives multiple pronunciations (for the meaning “20”), but the situation is complex. The readings winik, winal or k’al seem to be in free variation for the number 20 (and for the calendar unit of 20 days – the Maya “month”), with the phonetic complement sometimes helping to decide:

o ki phonetic complement è winik.

o la phonetic complement è winal.

·     In AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:52:14, Tokovinine explains that “20” can also be said as juun winik or juun winaak, i.e. 1 x “20” = 20.

·     Variants of K’AL = “20” (3):

o A. Moon – can also be read as UH = “moon”

o B. Head variant of Moon

o C. Human face – can also be WINIK = “human”, “person”

·     Do not confuse the moon variant of WINIK/K’AL with the visually similar moon variant of HUL = “to arrive”:

o WINIK/K’AL has a full circle in the “bay” of the moon.

o HUL has a semi-circle in the “bay” of the moon.

·     Do not confuse this (in the reading K’AL) with the homonym K’AL meaning “to present” (formerly “to tie” / “to bind” / “to close”), for which the glyph is a hand.

 

Syllabogram spellings of k'al2

AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:51:20

k’a:la

 

·     A rare example of a pure syllabogram spelling for k’al = “20”, given by AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:51:20: This means something like “bundle”, but it also means “20”.