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

Translation: pigeon
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of tukun: None known.

Syllabogram spellings of tukun

                

JM.p236.#3                EB.p45.pdfp50.fig2b

                                     CPN Structure 11 Panels

tu.<ku:nu>                  tu.ku.nu

 

·     The meaning “dove” is given by JM, but hasn’t been adopted by EB and later dictionaries.

·     EB.p170.pdfp175.#4: n. tukun (noun of unknown meaning), the context of tukun, tukun witz, and tukun witz ajaw, with a reference to CPN Structure 11 Panels and Bench.

·     The glyphs in the example of CPN Structure 11 Panels are to be read right to left.

·     JM perhaps inferred the meaning from Colonial Spanish and/or modern Mayan languages. Kaufman-APMED.p622-623.pdfp622-623 (but the phonetic resemblance is not strong, and the number of cognates is extremely small):

 

EM #tukumVS

 

 

 MAMt

tikomis

paloma silvestre

 SIP

tukmux

paloma silvestre

 TZU

tukumuux

paloma silvestre

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