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

Translation: forest
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of k'ax: None known.

Syllabogram spellings of k'ax

                                                            

Gronemeyer                                              Gronemeyer                                      Gronemeyer             

TRT region Wooden Box O2-P2             TRT region Wooden Box S5            TRT region Wooden Box V1

AJ.<k’a:xa> BAHLAM                                AJ.<k’a:xa>                                         <AJ:k’a:*xa>.<“BBT”:ta>

 

·     The TRT region Wooden Box is the only context where I have found the word k’ax.

·     In this context, it occurs as part of a name – the name of a BBT official, rather than functioning as a noun meaning “forest”.

·     It is not discussed in any paper or textbook. The only reference is two citations in EB, both referencing the TRT region Wooden Box:

o aj k’ax balam cn. Aj K’ax Balam (anthroponym) » ’AJ-k’a-xa BALAM-ma > aj k’ax balam TRT Wooden Box.

o k’ax n. forest » k’a-xa > k’ax “forest” TRT Wooden Box.

·     I have not been able to find a source justifying the translation of “forest” for k’ax.