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TOK.p16.r3.c2 K&L.p46.#1.1&2&3
TAAK TAK (tak)
BMM9.p12.r5.c4 25EMC.pdfp46.#5.2 [25EMC.pdfp46.#5.1&3 = K&L.p46.#1.3&2]
TAK TAK
· No glyphs given in K&H.
· Features – boulder outline, with, inside:
o An upright vine (i.e. growing upwards).
o A K’IN (usually on the left, but K&L.p46.#1.2 is one example with the K’IN on the right).
· Do not confuse this with the visually similar:
o UUN / UN = “avocado”, which has a cross-hatched stone in the top left (=the seed of the avocado fruit?) whereas TAK “dry” has K’IN.
o tzu, which has LEM in the top left whereas TAK = “dry” has K’IN.
· Pronunciation:
o TOK (which consistently marks long vowels), gives only one pronunciation, with long a: taak.
o KL&L (also consistently indicates long vs. short vowels), and gives tak (short-a) = “dry” vs. (the same logogram used as a rebus) taak (long-a) = plural marker.
· Mnemonic:
o For the meaning: the sun dries out everything.
o For long or short vowel: the sun dries out everything, among which, the branches of the vine (tak in Dutch).