Zender-TMMD.p5.fig1.r2
Late Classic cylindrical vase (in private collection)
u.chu
· Not in MC, JM, SJ, S&Z (this would not be listed in K&H, K&L, TOK, BMM9, 25EMC anyway, as the five standard reference works give only inventories of the images of logograms, not inventories of images of syllabogram-only spellings).
· EB.p181.pdfp;186.#2: ’u-chu > uch “opossum” giving as reference COL LC Vase.
· Zender-TMMD.p5.c1.l-10 describes the Late Classic cylindrical vase shown in Zender-TMMD.p5.fig1.r2 (probably the same as EB’s reference). The iconography depicts three “anthropomorphized” animals – a dog, an opossum (recognizable from its medium-length snout and small, beady eye), and a vulture. Each has tagging glyphs, respectively: OOK.ki, u.chu, and u.su. From the middle animal, we get uch = “opossum”.
· This is well supported by Kaufman-APMED.p577-578.pdfp577-578:
pM *huhty' 'possum' [+ TK 1978 13.15]
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WASw |
7uut' |
s |
tlacuache // |
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IXL |
uch' |
s |
tlacuache // |
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IXL |
ju7ch' |
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tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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USP |
wuuch' |
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tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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KCH |
(w)uuch' |
s |
tlacuache // |
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KCHn |
uuch' |
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tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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KCHn |
uuch' |
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mapache |
[OKMA] |
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KCHq |
wuuch' |
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tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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KCHq |
wuuch' |
|
mapache |
[OKMA] |
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KCHc |
wuuch' |
|
tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
|
KCHk |
wuuch' |
|
tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
|
SIP |
uuch' |
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tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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SAK |
och' |
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tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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TZU |
wujch' |
s |
tlacuache // |
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TZU |
wuuch' |
|
tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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TZU |
wuuch' |
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puercoespin |
[OKMA] |
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KAQ |
wuch' |
s |
tlacuache // |
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KAQp |
wuch' |
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tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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KAQi |
wuch' |
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tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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QEQ |
#aj=u7ch |
s |
tlacuache // |
[st] |
WM+LL *7uch
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YUK |
ooch |
s |
tlacuache // possum |
[mq] |
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LAK |
och |
s |
zorro // |
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|
MOP |
och |
|
tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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pCh |
*7uch |
s |
// opposum |
[K&N 592] |
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CHR |
aj=b'uch |
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tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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TZO |
uch |
s |
tlacuache // possum |
[tk] |
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TZE |
uch |
s |
tlacuache // possum |
[tk] |
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MCH |
#uch |
s |
tlacuache // possum |
[st] |
|
MCH |
7u7ch ~ 77u7ch |
s1 |
t[l]acuach[e] // |
[TK67] |
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TUZ |
7u7ch |
s |
tacuache [ETR] // |
[TK67-68] |
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QEQ |
uch |
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tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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QEQc&l |
7aj=7uch |
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tacuazi*n // |
[TK71] |
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QEQc&l |
k'ix uch |
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cuerpo espina // |
[TK71] |
WM *7uhchum
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TZE |
7uhchum |
s |
tlacuache // possum |
[tk] |
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TOJ |
7ujchum |
s |
tlacuache // possum |
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|
CHJ |
7uchum |
s |
tlacuache // possum |
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|
QAN |
7utxum |
s |
tlacuache // possum |
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|
QAN |
7utxum |
|
tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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AKA |
7utxum |
|
tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
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POP |
7utxum |
s |
tlacuache // possum |
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|
POP |
7utxum |
|
tacuazin |
[OKMA] |
Spanish Wikipedia (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didelphimorphia) indicates the following regional usage:
o Tacuazines = “opossum” (El Salvador).
o Tlacuaches = “opossum” (Mexico).