CMGG entry for wak2      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Translation: Number “6”
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of wak2

                                                                                                                                                                 

K&H.p48.pdfp50.#7.2 = 25EMC.pdfp50.#5.1                    TOK.p25.r3.c4                           MHD.PH6.1                      1060st                                   T1087

WAK                                   WAK                                               “6”                                              WAK                                  WAK                                       -

 

                         

MHD.PH6.2                       T1060b    

WAK                                    -                

 

                                                          

K&L.p44.pdfp44.#2.1&2                                            TOK.p9.r3.c4                     25EMC.pdfp50.#4

WAK 1                                                                            “6”                                       WAK

 

                                      

MHD.32N.1&2                     0367st                    T367

WAK                                       WAK                       -

 

·     No head variants given in K&L, BMM9; non-head variant not given in K&H, BMM9.

·     Variants of “6” (2):

o A. Anthropomorphic head:

§ The large round/squarish eye has an axe in it.

§ There is an interesting sub-variant, where the axe is replaced by two crossed bands (PH6.2, T1060b).

o B. Abstract:

§ A roundish rectangle with an “S” in it (the top and the bottom can be quite tightly curled).

§ Two small, squarish elements, one at each end.

·     AT-E1168-lecture6.t0:49:46: Tokovinine explicitly says that we don’t know who these gods are, for “6” and “7”.

·     K&L.p44.pdfp44.#2 says that the meaning of the non-head variant is unknown but that it substitutes with WAK ‘six’.