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

Translation: cougar, puma
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of kooj

                                                                         

K&L.p11.#3                                                                                             TOK.p31.r5.c3                     BMM9.p17.r6.c4                  

KOJ / CHOJ                                                                                              KOOJ                                     KOJ                                          

 

·     No glyphs given in K&H.

·     Features:

o There is a human (WINIK) in the mouth, showing a characteristic of the cougar as a “man-eater” (that cougars attacked humans was also mentioned in reports of early Spaniards in the New World).

o Mammal ear.

o Quite often has 3 spots in a triangular formation – meaning unknown.

o Optional: single fang (sometimes even double).