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

Translation: grave, tomb
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of muknal

                                                                                                       

MHD (Polyukhovych)                                                              MHD (Grube)                                  

Fundacion La Ruta Maya 16.2.5.244 Panel 1 O7               JAI Glyphic Panel 1 B1                   

u.<MUK:NAL>                                                                           u.<MUK:NAL>                                 

 

·    The term muknal is clearly appropriate for “tomb”, with MUK = “to bury” and NAL = “place”. However, in many contexts, MUK itself already seems to be “tomb” (perhaps the NAL is considered to be underspelled?).