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

Translation: there is, was
Part of speech: Verb

Logogram spellings of wa': None known.

Syllabogram spellings of wa'

                                                                                                         

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CML Urn 26 Stingray Spine 3 A11                                                                        CML Urn 26 Stingray Spine 3 A12

wa:<[i]ja>.<<[K’IN]TUUN>:ni>                                                                              wa:<[i]ja>.<wi’:na:la?:la?>

 

·    wa:<[i]ja>.<<[K’IN]TUUN>:ni> è wa’iij k’intuun = “there was drought”.

·    wa:<[i]ja>.<wi’:na:la?:la?> è wa’iij wi’naal = “there was famine”.

·    Sim: how closely related are wa-i-ja è wa’iij = “there was” and WA’ = “to erect, put upright” (often used in the 819-day cycle expression) – both share the meaning of “existing” / “being there” in some “positional” sense.