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

Alternative readings: NAHB / NAAB
Translation: handspan
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of nab

                                                                           

K&L.p26.#4.1&2                                                    TOK.p20.r1.c3  = BMM9.p16.r2.c3                     25EMC.pdfp43.#2.1 [25EMC.pdfp43.#2.2 = K&L.p26.#4.2]

NAB / NAHB / NAAB                                             NAHB                    NAB                                            NAB  

 

·    No glyphs given in K&H.

·    EB.p133.pdfp138.#3: nab (2) n. hand-span (certain hand-based measurement of game ball).

·    K&H.p112.pdfp117.#13: “handspan” used for counting dimensions – particularly the circumference of rubber balls used in the ballgame.

·    The three alternative pronunciations are from K&L.

·    Do not confuse NAB with the phonetically similar (in some readings identical) NAHB meaning “lake” or “pond”.

·    Do not confuse NAB with the visually similar ke:

o ke has the fingers and palm pointing (roughly) sideways – to the left or to the right.

o NAB has the fingers and palm pointing (roughly) downwards.