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

Alternative readings: {YUK}SEK
Translation: Sek (month 5)
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of kasew: None known.

Syllabogram spellings of kasew

                                   

MC.1                          MC.2                         

ka:se:wa                    ka:se:wa                   

 

                                                        

MC.3                                       Safronov                                   Coll-1

                                                BPK SS5 B1                               YAX Lintel 10 E5b (bottom)

<ka[se]>:wa                          9.<<ka[*se]{w}>>                    2.<<<ka[*se]>:wa>>

 

·     The 5th month of the Haab calendar.

·     MC.2 uses the known “skull” variant of se.

·     While normally spelled ka-se-wa with the “comb” variant of ka, there are occasional forms with just a fish head or full fish, e.g. MC.3, BPK SS5 B1, and YAX Lintel 10 E5b (bottom).

o In such cases, the se would quite naturally be infixed in the ka.

o In the case of BPK SS5 B1, the -w is underspelled.