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

Translation: round
Part of speech: Adjective

Logogram spellings of pet

A close up of a circle  Description automatically generated                                                A black and white drawing of a square  Description automatically generated                           

K&L.p34.#1                                               TOK.p11.r4.c2                  BMM9.p12.r5.c2              JM.p206.#2

PET                                                             PET                                     PET                                      PET

 

A black and white drawing of a cartoon brain  Description automatically generated

Grube-WwH.p171.pdfp7.fig5.b

PET

 

·     No glyphs given in K&H.

·     Variants (2):

o A. Simple:

§ A “washer”.

§ The inner (small) circle of the washer can (optionally) be bold.

§ The outer (large) circle of the washer can (optionally) be bold.

o B. Animate:

§ The “simple” variant, with a “monster head” below (is this the Waterlily Serpent?).

§ Grube-WwH.p170-171.pdfp6-7 explains that the features of “regular” glyphs can be combined with a “deity head” to produce an “animated” equivalent (a “head variant).

·       It lists HAAB, PET, WITZ, and K’AHK’ as being capable of having such an “animated” variant (which I think of as a “monster head”, though Grube-WwH.p170-171.pdfp6-7 does not describe is as such).

·       This limited set seems to contrast with a much larger set, where the animation is achieved by combining the features of the “regular” glyph with a much more conventional “anthropomorphic head”. But the article doesn’t explicitly stress this and only implies it by listing these four examples.