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

Translation: Glyph-F
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of ti'-huun

·     Glyph-F forms one of the standard components of the SS.

·     It is a standard, “ formulaic” phrase and its meaning is not entirely clear. It is sometimes translated as “the edge of the book” (whatever that means).

·     Sources:

o K&H doesn’t give examples of Glyph-F.

o MC examples are a strict subset of K&L – the first 5, identical, and in exactly the same order.

o K&L have human head and full-figure variants as well.

o TMHW.p66.#1 gives 10 variants of Glyph-F, all of which have been covered by K&L and other sources as well:

 

.1

K&L.p66.#1.1

.2

K&L.p65.F.#2

.3

K&L.p65.F.#3

.4

K&L.p65.F.#4

.5

K&L.p65.F.#5

.6

K&L.p65.F.#6

.7

K&L.p65.F.#7

.8

K&L.p65.F.#8

.9

K&L.p65.F.#9

.10

K&L.p65.F.#10

 

·     Variation:

o The variants are listed roughly the order of “intuitiveness” or “appropriateness” of the element for writing the word HUUN (which is obviously a very subjective ranking).

o There is also variation in the form of TI’: either the long rectangular, 3-element variant or the head variant.

o The na – as a phonetic complement – is of course optional. When present, there is further variation in its form: either the basic syllabogram na, or the head variant. :

o Initial u:

§ The two examples from the Randel Stela have an u at the start and a li at the end.

§ DPL Stela 5 N1 and YAX Stela 6 A7 have an u at the start but no li at the end.

This is rare but not strange, because the full phrase is u-ti’-huun-il, but -il can always be underspelled.

 

·     There are 6 variants of HUUN in the context of Glyph-F:

o A. Knot – one of the most common variants.

o B. Book.

o C. hu – the rotated head of an Iguana – this is a syllabogram-only spelling hu-na.

o D. “WINIK” (nevertheless read as HUUN). WINIK pronounced HUUN in a non-SS context:

 

IC.p22

SAK:HUUN:K’AL tu.<u:BAAH>

 

o E. “Jester God”.

o F. “TZ’IKIN” / bird head.

 

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K&L.p66.#1.1                   Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.f               Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.l

                                           PNG Stela 1 A9                                         YAX Lintel 48 D7

TI’:HUUN:na                     TI’:HUUN:na                                             TI’:HUUN:na                    

 

                                   

Martin                            Martin                                       

Randel Stela A7            Randel Stela C2                        

u.<TI’:HUUN:li>            u.<TI’:HUUN:li>                        

 

                                                                         

Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.b = K&L.p65.F.#7                  Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.h

CPN Stela A B5                                                                         QRG Stela K B5

TI’:HUUN:na                                                                             HUUN.<<“po”?.ya?>:na>

 

                                                                                         

K&L.p66.F.#10 = Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.i                                   Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.c = K&L.p65.F.#8

                               Site Q P. 4 A4                                                              DPL Stela 5 N1

TI’.HUUN                                                                                                     <u:TI’>.<HUUN:na> 

 

                                      

K&L.p65.F.#6 = Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.a          

CPN HS Date 24                                      

HUUN.<TI’:na>                                        

 

·     The knot variant: it can be an asymmetric or a symmetric knot, but asymmetric seems more common.

·     YAX Lintel 48 D7 seems to have a k’i as the first of the 3-element component at the top.

·     QRG Stela K B5 seems to have “po” and ya instead of the rectangular, 3-element form of TI’.

·     K&L.p66.F.#10

o Head variant of TI’ (normally, the abstract 3-component variant) – the head incorporates some of the “reduced” elements of the more abstract form inside, at the top (the three small elements at the top of the more common TI’ variant).

o The HUUN is vertical, coming after the TI’.

·     In CPN HS Date 24, the main sign is the full-figure variant of na, i.e., the phonetically least significant part of the spelling of ti’ huun is the largest and most elaborate glyph in the glyph-block.

 

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K&L.p65.F.#5                      Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.d

                                              DPL Stela 8 B6                            

TI’:HUUN:na                        {ti’}HUUN.na

 

·     The book variant.

·     In DPL Stela 8 B6, the TI’ has been omitted: this is rare, but possibly also in K&L.p65.F.#9 = Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.k (the “book” glyph could be read as TI’ (e.g. TLA Stela B A7), but probably not in this case, because we have a na phonetic complement); Sim: include Fig12 examples in this document

 

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K&L.p65.F.#3                         Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.e                 Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.j                  

                                                 PAL OLV Pil A B4                                        YAX Lintel 26 Front E1b                            

TI’:hu:na                                 TI’:hu:na                                                      TI’:hu:na

 

·     The iguana/hu variant.

·     OLV is not Oval; it is an abbreviation which is also mentioned in Emeric’s Texas Note 29 Lunar Series Achieves 100% Correlation – p21. Coll-1, PAL-folder, there is PAL_Olvidado.JPG, olvidado means “forgotten”.

 

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K&L.p65.F.#4                 PAL Stela 3 A5

TI’:HUUN:na                  TI’.<HUUN:na>                            

 

·     The “WINIK”-variant.

·     PAL Stela 3 A5 has a head variant of TI’.

 

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K&L.p65.F.#2                      JM

                                              CAY DO Wall Panel B6

TI’:HUUN:na                       TI’:<HUUN.na>

 

·     The Jester God variant (check that CAY example is indeed the Jester God)

 

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Bojkowska                                             Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.g               K&L.p65.F.#9 = Gronemeyer-GGF.p12.fig11.k                    Coll-1

EMC2021-BW Workbook                                                                                                                                                                                           

CAY Altar 4                                             QRG Stela A B6b                                     YAX Lintel 46 B3                                                                        YAX Stela 6 A7

TI’:HUUN                                                TI’:HUUN:na                                            [TI’?]HUUN:na                                                                            u.<TI’:HUUN:na>

 

YAX Lintel 10 B1

<JANAAB>.<TI’:HUUN:na>

 

·     The TZ’IKIN/bird-head (with infixed CH’AB) variant.

·     There appears to be a tendency for a “cruller” to appear in connection with the eye of the bird.