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

Translation: atole, maize gruel
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of ul: None known.

Syllabogram spellings of ul

                                                                                                                                         

AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:07:30(.18)                         Martin-HftPP.p63.pdfp2.c2.fig5a                                    Martin-HftPP.p63.pdfp2.c2.fig5b

                                                                                   CLK Structure Sub1-4 SE-S1 caption 2                            K4387

u.lu                                                                            AJ u.lu                                                                                   yu.<k’i:bi> ti.<u:lu>

 

·     EB.p215.pdfp 220 has: atole – sa’, sak ha’, ul.

·     EB.p184.pdfp189: ul “atole”:

o ’u-lu > ul K2730, K5022, K9112.

o ’u-li > ul K1670.

·     Ul = “atole” is maize gruel – do not confuse this with chih = “pulque”, which is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant.

·     CLK Structure Sub1-4 has the famous murals of the Chik Nahb marketplace. Martin-HftPP.p63.pdfp2.c2.fig5a: yuk’ib ti ul “his drinking vessel for atole”.

·     Loughmiller-DtUFaPoCMCC.p1.c2.para2.l-4 renders this as uul, with long-u. Most other epigraphers have ul with short-u.

·     BeliaevEtAl-SCaSA.p265.para4: … whenever one or both glosses are attested in the Maya languages discussed above, sa’ appears to be a generic term for maize gruel drinks or even gruel-like substances, whereas ’ul corresponds to more refined and exclusive beverages consumed on special occasions.

·     AT-YT2021-lecture11.t0:43:56: And ul means “fresh” – like, atole (corn-drink) from freshly harvested corn. And obviously you cannot drink something from freshly harvested corn every day. There seems to be a difference between sort of [an] aspirational drink – like, what a proper noble house should drink every day – every day it’s got to be fresh corn – and reality. I mean, corn is fresh only during harvest – and that’s pretty much it.

·     In AT-YT2021-lecture11.t0:43:33-45:24, Tokovinine explains the various types of ul:

o ch’aj ul: “bitter atole” (EB.p58.pdfp63.#4: ti-ch’a-ja ’u-lu è ti ch’aj ul = “for bitter atole” K3199; EB.p216.pdfp221.#19: bitter = ch’ah).

o pah ul: “sour atole” (EB.p144.pdfp149.#7: pa-ja è paj = “sour” K8780; EB.p186.pdfp191.#0: ta pa ’u-lu è ta pa[j] ul “for sour atole” K4387/8418).

o kakawal ul: “chocolaty atole” (known suffix).

o is ul: “sweet potato atole” (not found in EB).