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

Translation: yellow; precious
Part of speech: Adjective

Logogram spellings of k'an

                                                             

K&H.p84.#3                     TOK.p11.r1.c3               BMM9.p12.r2.c3             JM.p147.#1                    JM.p147.#4

K’AN                                  K’AN                               K’AN                                   K’AN                                K’AN:na

 

K&L.p33.#4

K’AN

 

              

MHD.AB2a                     MHD.AB2b                   

 

                                                                                            

MHD                                                MHD                                               MHD                                                 

CML Urn 26 Pendant 12               COB Stela 11 pG04                      QRG Stela D B17

K’AN:NAL                                        <K’AL:la{j}>.<K’AN:TE’>               <<tz’a[pa]>:ja>.<K’AN:TE’:NAAH:CHAN?>

 

                                                    

MHD                                                                    MHD                      

QRG Stela E B18                                                TIK MT 9 / Alabaster Bowl 12K‐244/22

<K’AN:TE’:NAAH:?>.<u?:KAN?:EK’>               <K’AN:TE’:NAL>.<IXIIM:TE’{el}>

 

·     Variants (2):

o A. Abstract:

§ Rounded square.

§ Four L-shaped arcs, one in each corner – top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right.

o B. Bird-head (quite uncommon): WRONG – THIS HEAD IS TE’ if it has (for example) the cruller.

§ (Optional) two volutes descending from the mouth, one going to the left and one to the right.

§ The abstract variant infixed in the top of the head.