·     No glyphs given in K&H.

·     The TIL “tapir” is used as a rebus for the homonym “to burn”, see M&G.p74.2 = M&G.p74.box2 (K’AHK’.<TIL{i}wi> <CHAN:na>.CHAAK) – confirmed as 25EMC.pdfp47.#2 lists “to burn, stoke” as one of the meanings of the tapir logogram.

·     There appears to be the use of TIL to indicate an actual tapir in the name Bahlam Yaxuun Til, a ruler of TNA, on TNA Monument 168 B5.

·     MHD:

o Distinguishes AS2a (as a rebus in the meaning “to burn”) from AS2b (as a logogram meaning “tapir”).

o Assigns a reading TIHL.

o Gives a significantly long list (9) of cognates in the Colonial and modern Mayan languages meaning “tapir” (tiil, tihl, tix, tixl) from Kaufman and many other works.

o Gives a significantly long list (9) of cognates in the Colonial and modern Mayan languages meaning “to burn” (tii, tihl, tilel, tilen, tilun, tilili, tilesan) from Kaufman and many other works.

·     Features:

o Heart-shaped mammal ear.

o Broad, roundish, optionally trilobate nose.

o Optionally: sound waves rightwards, from right of mouth to right of head.

o Optionally 3 dots in a triangular formation in the eye.

·     Do not confuse this with the visually similar CHITAM “peccary” – the distinguishing characteristics are that TIL:

o Has a non-trilobate nose (though some examples of trilobate nose for TIL also exist).

o Has a larger eye, optionally with the three non-touching dots in a triangular formation (the stylized “jaguar eye” variant) infixed.

o Dorota Bojkowska confirms that it’s difficult to give criteria to distinguish them.

·     Pronunciation tihl given in K&L.p14.#6 as a transcription (they never show vowel length, aspiration or glottalization in the transliteration anyway).