CMGG entry for k'an jalaw      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.)

Alternative readings: K'AN JALBU / {YUK}POP
Translation: Pop (month 1)
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of k'an jalaw

                                  

MC.1                                               MC.2

<<[K’AN]JAL>:wa>.bu>                <[K’AN]JAL>:bu

 

Gronemeyer

TRT Wooden Box N2

<5:WI’>.<<[K’AN]JAL>:bu>

 

·    The 1st month of the Haab calendar.

·    The most common spelling is K’AN-JAL-wa:

o MC.2 and TRT Wooden Box N2b are examples with the less common spelling, with a bu rather than a wa ending.

o MC.1 is an example of an even more unusual spelling, with both wa and bu.