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

Translation: flint
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of took'

                                                                                                                       

K&H.p86                               K&L.p8.#2.1-8                                                        TOK.p7.r4.c3                         BMM9.p11.r1.c3                  BMM9.p11.r1.c4                                      

TOK’                                      TOK’                                                                          TOOK’                                    TOK’                                        TOK’                                                            

 

                                                                                

JM.p234.#4 = K&L.p8.#7              S&Z.p83.#27                                 JM.p234.#5                          JM.p235.#1

TOK’                                                 TOOK’                                             TOK’                                       TOK’

 

                                  

MHD.1C1.3                           0112st                                   T112a&b

TOOK’                                    TOOK’                                    -

 

                                                                                  

K&L.p8.#2.9                      TOK.p22.r3.c3 = BMM9.p15.r6.c4                     Lacadena = Coll-1

                                                                                                                             EKB West Hieroglyphic Serpent #9              EKB West Hieroglyphic Serpent #9

TOK’                                    TOOK’                 TOK’                                            to:TOOK’                                                           to:TOOK’

 

·     Variants (3):

o A. Stylized – flint with bays – features:

§ 2 pools of water:

·       The pools of water can be actual bays (i.e. no longer be completely within the outline of the glyph, but actually form part of the outline).

§ Separated by a (slightly curved) band:

·       The curvature varies from very slightly curved S to completely straight.

·       The band has optionally dotted reinforcement on both sides.

o B. Stylized – flint with “wavy-X” in the centre:

§ It consists of a rectangle with rounded corners, with a dot at each end – each dot is optionally protected by an arc on the inner side, either a solid or a dotted protector .

§ There is a “wavy-X” in the centre, reminiscent of the “wavy-X” in the Tzolk’in day name Etz’nab.

§ They perhaps represent tiny cracks and fissures in the surface of the flint?

This variant is not given in any of the 5 standard reference works, but is recognized by MHD as 1C1.3 and by Bonn as 0112st, both corresponding to T112.

o C. Representational – skull: this variant is given only by K&L, TOK, and BMM9.

·     Beliaev&Houston-ASSIMW.p3 explains an interesting contrast between took’ and taaj: if took’, “flint,” inflicts the injuries of war, often in connection with the Sun God, obsidian, taaj, cuts flesh in acts of sacrifice.

 

Syllabogram spellings of took'

                                     

K&H.p73 DP HS stair 4, step5                JM.p235.#2

u.<to:k’a>                                                  to:k’a