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

Alternative readings: NAH
Translation: building, structure, house; first
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of naah

A black and white drawing of a bridge Description automatically generated                                                                                                                 

TOK.p7.r1.c4                   BMM9.p10.r6.c2                                               JM.p177.#1             JM.p177.#2               JM.p177.#3                  JM.p178.#1

NAAH                                NAH                                                                     NAH                          NAH                           NAH                               NAH

 

A drawing of a faucet and a tap Description automatically generated                               

K&L.p29.#4                                                                                                                          MC.p165.r1.c2.1&2&3

NAH                                                                                                                                      NAAH / na / NOJ?

 

·     No glyphs given in K&H.

·     AT-YT2021-lecture17.t0:23:05-23:55: And very much like [in] present-day Mayan languages, the term “house” naah actually refers to something more than a single building. Like archaeologists... we usually call it [a] “patio-group” – so it’s a group of houses sharing a courtyard. In [the] present-day Ch’orti’-speaking area, a house will also include the courtyard in front it – so it would actually be the “edge of the house”: ti’ naah for the “mouth of the house”. […] So the palace at Sufricaya (where I work) is called “Three Platform House”, basically there are three platforms around the courtyard. The palace at Palenque – initially at least – was called the “Five Platform House” – presumably the enclosed space with some central buildings in the middle.