CMGG entry for suutz'1      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Translation: bat
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of suutz'1

                  

K&H.p58.tabXII              K&L.p14.#9

SUUTZ’                             SUTZ’ / xu / tz’i

 

                                                       

TOK.p30.r4.c1                              BMM9.p17.r7.c4                JM.p218.#4

SUUTZ’ / tz’i / xu?                       SUTZ’                                    SOTZ’ ’ / tz’i / xu

 

·     No glyphs given in K&H.

·     Iconographically, it’s the leaf-nosed bat (reference?).

·     Features:

o Leaf-nose on the left.

o A “mammal ear” in the top right.

o The “darkness” element in the bottom right.

o Optionally: a “darkness” element in the leaf-nose.

o Optionally: one or more sharp teeth.

o “Sound waves” from back of mouth to back of head.

·     In a calendrical context, this is the 4th month of the Haab calendar.

 

Syllabogram spellings of suutz'1

              

JM.p219.#1          Martin-AMP.p255.fig62

                               BPK-LAC Unprovenanced Column C1

su:tz’i                    17.<su:tz’i>

 

·     The BPK-LAC Unprovenanced Column C1 example is the month-name Suutz’ spelled in syllabograms (unusual).

·     The JM.p219.#1 example is glossed with the meaning “bat”, but there is no source information given so it’s difficult to know if this is a syllabogram spelling for the month name, or for the word suutz’ referring to a bat (in the context of either an actual bat, or part of a name/title incorporating the word Suutz’). It’s even possible that the JM.p219.#1 example is a (different) drawing of BPK-LAC Unprovenanced Column C1, with the coefficient omitted.