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

Translation: father; uncle (metaphorical: “patron”, “protector”)
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of kit: None known.

Syllabogram spellings of kit

                                          

Martin-BS.p4.c1.fig7 a & b                                  M&G.p206.c2.r1

XLM C.6, A2                      XLM P.7, C2

<{u}ki:ti>.<pa:a>              ki.ti pa.a                       u.<ki:ti> to:TOOK’

 

·      No known logogram.

·      EB.p107.pdfp112: ki-ti / ki-ta “father”, “patron”.

·      Martin-BS.p4.pdfp4.c1.fig7 gives the name of a historical figure – Ukit Pa’ of Xcalumkin.

·      Martin-BS.p4.c2.fn9: The word kit appears in Yucatec as an honorific form for fathers and uncles and has that metaphorical sense in a number of god names (one possible, rather loose translation of kit pa’ would thus be “Father [of the] Fortress”).

·      M&G.p213: a historical figure – Ukit Took’ of Copan, “Patron? of Flint”.

·      See also related word CHIT. (Is CHIT actually the same word?).