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

Translation: days later (x days later)
Part of speech: Adverb

Logogram spellings of lat: None known.

Syllabogram spellings of lat

                        

JM.p161.#2                       Safronov

                                            PNG Panel 3 G1

la:ta                                    u.<1:WINIKHAAB:<la.ta>>

 

·     This is commonly translated / glossed as “days later”. Indeed, this is its most common usage, but perhaps it means something more general than “days later” – more like “time period elapsed”, where the unit is optional, and (if not specified) is assumed to be “days”. The reason for making the gloss more general than “days later” is that it occasionally occurs with units which are (much) larger than a day, e.g. PNG Panel 3 G1, where it is u.<1:WINIKHAAB:<la.ta>> = the 1st k’atun elapsed”.