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

Translation: scorpion
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of sinaan?

                                                                                   

TOK.p29.r5.c3               AT-E1168-lecture6.t1:01:42 = AT-YT2021-lecture5.t0:21:34              

?                                       SINAAN?                                                       

 

·     No glyphs given in K&H, K&L, BMM9, 25EMC.

·     Not in S&Z, TC, M&L.

·     AT-E1168-lecture6.t1:01:42 (2015) and AT-YT2021-lecture5.t0:21:34 (2021) give SINAAN? as the reading. Curiously, TOK.p29.r5.c1 (2017) gives only “?” for the pronunciation.

·     Listed in EB.p160.pdfp165.#2: si-na-na > sinan “scorpion” Dresden 46b-2 (i.e. pure syllabogram spelling only) – apparently there is no way to link that to this logogram in a convincing manner.

·     It could have been a long -a- in Classic times, with the typical shortening in the Late Classic would result in a synharmonic spelling like si-na-na (says who?).

·     Note that scorpions are arachnids, not insects. As such they have eight legs, not six. These eight do not include the claws/pincers. This perhaps makes it even more unlikely that this glyph is SINAAN, as it very clearly has only four legs (and no pincers) – it’s possibly some sort of lizard. I nevertheless list this glyph under sinaan (which does mean scorpion), for ease of reference.