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

Alternative readings: NOHOL
Translation: great, big
Part of speech: Adjective

Logogram spellings of noh

                                                         

TOK.p17.r1.c4                       BMM9.p20.r6.c2                     25EMC.pdfp43.#7.1&2

NOH                                        NOH                                           NOH / NOHOL

 

·     No glyphs given in K&H, K&L.

·     25EMC.pdfp43.#7 glosses this as both “south” as well as “great” or “big”.

·     There are few references to noh meaning “right” (as in noh k’ab = “right hand”). See noh k’ab.

·     All instances of noh in the meaning “right” or “south” have the “butterfly” element on top.

·     The situation is very unclear: does this “simpler” logogram NOH = “great”, “big” also mean “south”, or does it need the “horseshoes” with optional la, in order to render nohol = “south”? For the moment, I’m assuming the latter.