·     Mostly written with the logogram rather than spelled with syllabograms, though the latter also does occur.

·     Utz’akaj – the “DNIG” – is the most frequent context where TZ’AK occurs.

·     Tz’ahkbul can be written with or without li, but when without, it’s just an underspelling:

o MHD has an underspelled but inserted -h-.

o It has to do with succession, can be “n^th in succession” (when u-bolon is not present).

o It has to do with “many counted” (of a dynasty) (when u-bolon is present).

·     Tz’akbuj is written with ji (and of course without li):

o Note the absence of the inserted -h-.

o It is a noun, “succession”, and is often preceded by u- (“his succession”).

 

Concrete examples:

·     u-TZ’AK-AJ è utz’ahkaj = “DNIG”

·     u-TZ’AK-bu / u-TZ’AK-bu-li è utz’ahkbul = “his succession” [here u- is the possessive particle]

·     u-<number>-TZ’AK-bu / u-<number>-TZ’AK-bu-li è u-<number> tz’ahkbul = “n^th in succession” [here u- is the ordinal indicator]

·     9-TZ’AK-bu{l} è bolon-tz’ahkbul = “dynasty many-counted”

·     9-TZ’AK-bu{l} AJAW è bolon-tz’ahkbul ajaw = “dynasty many-counted lords”

·     u-TZ’AK-bu-ji è utz’akbuj = “his succession”

 

Divide this into multiple entries for DNIG, successor, dynasty many-counted.

 

·     A syllabogram-spelling, which is less common, but which does occur.