CMGG entry for pik3      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.)

Alternative readings: PIH
Translation: Number “8000”
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of pik3

                                             

AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:54:22.(1&2&3&4)

PIH:hi                               PIH:hi                      PIK/PIH                  PIK/PIH

 

·    At AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:54:22, Tokovinine explains that the largest known unit is “8000”, used for counting cacao beans.

·    AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:54.22(.3) is also given by K&L.p62.#2.9 for the calendar unit PIK/PIH = “baktun”.

·    Tokovinine points out that “1”, “20”, and “8000” are known in the units for counting numbers, but “400” hasn’t been found up to now. There are a number of proposals for its pronunciation (if it should be found), among which bak, but that this is just one of a number of proposals. [Sim: This is partly the motivation for (Yucatec) baktun = 400 years.]