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

Translation: eat
Part of speech: Verb

Logogram spellings of we'

                                                                                 

K&L.p41.#5.2 = JM.p268.#1               TOK.p24.r3.c2                 BMM9.p14.r3.c2              

WE’                     WE’                             WE’                                   WE’                                     

 

                                                                       

TOK.p21.r2.c4 = BMM9.p17.r1.c3                                   TOK.p24.r3.c3

WE’                      WE’                                                           WE’

 

                                                                           

TOK.p33.r1.c1 = BMM9.p21.r4.c4                                     K&L.p41.#5.1 = JM.p267.#4

WE’                      WE’                                                             WE’

 

·    No glyphs given in K&H (except for a whole series of nouns derived from verbs – ceramic forms).

·    Kaufman-APMED.p1195.pdfp1195 has many cognates with meanings related to “to eat” / “comer”.

·    Variants (2):

o A. Human head with WAJ (maize-based food) in the mouth.

§ In TOK.p24.r3.c3, it is not WAJ but a human (WINIK) in the mouth, but in this case, it doesn’t represent a human being.

§ This is in contrast to a similar-looking element in KOJ/KOOJ/CHOJ, where the WINIK does represent a human being.

o B. Small (3-component) TI’ above WAJ (maize-based food).

·    The iconographic origin of this logogram is pretty obvious: a human head with a tamale in its mouth. In the more abstract variant, it’s just the juxtaposition of “mouth” and “tamale”.