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

Translation: die
Part of speech: Verb

Spellings of och bih

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JM.p192.#4                      JM.p192.#5                       JM.p193.#1

OCH.bi{h}                          <OCH:bi{h}>.ja                 OCH:<bi.ji>:[ji]ya

 

                                                               

Schele                                                                           Schele

PAL TI WT S6                                                               PAL TI WT S8

<OCH:bi{h}>.<K’INICH:[JANAAB]PAKAL>                <u:AJAW:wa:le{l}>.<OCH:bi{h}>

 

·    Literally “to enter (the) road/way”, a metaphor for dying.

·    In PAL TI WT S6a & S8b, the element on the right in OCH resembles a na but is actually just one of the rattles of the rattlesnake tail variant of OCH.