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

Translation: last
Part of speech: Adjective

Logogram spellings of wi'

                                                                                                                

K&L.p23.#2.1&2 =  25EMC.pdfp51.4&3                 TOK.p13.r2.c2                   BMM9.p21.r5.c1                  25EMC.pdfp51.#3.1&2                

WI’                                                                                 WI’                                      WI’                                          WI’        

 

                                                                                                            

Schele                                                     Teufel-PhD.p549                           Graham                                     Stuart

PAL TI WT T1                                          PNG Throne 1 K’2                         YAX Lintel 52 A2                      CRN Panel 1 U5

<u:WI’>.<K’AL:<TUUN.ni>>                 WI’.<5:TUUN:ni>                           <WI’.<5:TUUN)>>:li                WI’.<5:TUUN:ni>

 

·    No glyphs given in K&H, BMM9.

·    EB.p201.pdfp206.#2: wi’il 2 adj. “last” » WI’ > wi’[il] “last”

·    K&L.p23.#2, 25EMC.pdfp551.#3 also give that WI’ is used (with underspelling / as a rebus) to write wi’il = “last”

·    Features:

o Top: Boulder with:

§ Partitive disk or protected feeler or circle with crescent-pointing up in bottom right.

§ One or two cross-hatched circles to the left ç this is what makes it similar to AK’/AK’OT “dance” [although commonly cross-hatched, this is not essential, as YAX Lintel 52 A2 and CRN Panel 1 U5 have no cross-hatching]

o Bottom: an element which resembles a wa but is just an element in the logogram and is not pronounced

·    Do not confuse this with the visually similar AK’/AK’OT: “dance”: AK’/AK’OT has two or three (typically cross-hatched or darkened) small circles attached to the washer in bottom right or middle of the right side, whereas in WI’ there is only a single cross-hatched or darkened area. (K&L.p23.#2.2 is an exception to this, with two darkened circles).

·    Do not confuse this with the visually similar IHK’: “black”: IHK’ has the washer and the cross-hatched or darkened elements stacked vertically, whereas in WI’ they are either at an angle (NW from the bottom right corner) or (almost) horizontal.