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

Alternative readings: WINAK / WINAL
Translation: man, person, human being;  calendar unit winal, 2nd position in the LC = 20 days = Maya “month”
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of winik

                                                                                                            

K&H.p87.#6                     K&L.p26.#7                       TOK.p14.r2.c2                BMM9.p13.r1.c3               25EMC.pdfp50.#11.1&2&3                        JM.p271#2

WINIK                               WINIK                                 WINIK                              WINIK                                  WINIK/WINAK                                               wi.<WINIK:ki>

 

            

K&L.p63.#3                                                                                                                                        IC.p16.pdfp20.#2.1&2

WINIK / WINAL                                                                                                                                 WINAL / WINAAK

 

                                                       

MHD.ZF1a.1&3                                           MHD.ZF1b.1&2&3                                                            MHD.ZF1c                       0521st                     0521hh

WINIK                                                           WINIK/WINAL                                                                       WINAK                             WINIK                     WINIK

 

MHD.ZF1a.2

WINIK

                                                                    

K&H.p55.#4.1                TOK.p28.r5.c1                 BMM9.p18.r3.c2                25EMC.pdfp51.#1.2&3

WINIK                              WINIK /e                          WINIK                                   WINIK / WINAL

 

                                         

K&L.p63.#4.1-11                                                                                               IC.p16.pdfp20.#2.3&4                     Montgomery = Coll-1                 

                                                                                                                                                                                          YAX HS2 Step 7 N2

WINIK / WINAL                                                                                                 WINAL / WINAAK                              6.<WINIK:ki>

 

                                                                  

K&L.p63.#4.12 =  IC.p16.pdfp20.#2.6               IC.p16.pdfp20.#2.5              

YAX Lintel 48 D1-D2                                             PAL PT B9-B10

WINIK / WINAL                                                     WINAL / WINAAK

 

TOK.p27.r2.c2

WINIK

 

·    25EMC seems to make a distinction of WINIK / WINAK when it means “man, person, human” and WINIK / WINAL when it means a period of 20 days = the Maya “month”.

·    Note that winal is with a short-a.

o K&L (which does explicitly indicate length) has winal.

o The spelling winaal with long-a does exist: a Google search on “winaal” “Maya” gives under 200 hits, but this seems to be the spelling in some of the modern Mayan languages.

o In Classic Maya, it’s winal: a Google search on “winal” “Maya” gives more than 75,000 hits.

·    Do not confuse this with the phonetically similar wi’naal = “hunger”, “famine”.

·    Variants (5):

o A. Abstract: as in “man” / “person” / “human being“

§ This variant resembles a human face (but perhaps not iconographically derived from one?).

§ There is an element at the centre of the bottom which takes one of two forms:

o    A YAX-outline.

o    A triangle with left and right sides slightly curved slightly inwards, tip pointing upwards.

The K&L. examples suggest that these are interchangeable, without affecting the logogram and reading.

§ Bonn gives a sub-variant, 0521hh, which has actual eyes and a mouth.

o B. Head:

§ This is simply the animated form of the abstract variant – it has the abstract variant infixed in a generic head.

§ MHD.ZF1a.2 is the only example I know of – the printed pedagogical sources do not give this variant.

o C. Animal head - the head of an iguana / frog / turtle:

§ The curved line of a mouth, with a row of triangular teeth, pointing downwards.

§ A “reptilian” spiral curl to the right of the mouth, optionally with a spine or dotted spine.

§ An eye consisting of a circle divided in half by a horizontal line:

·      Top half: a series of parallel vertical ticks along the floor.

·      Bottom half: a semicircle in the middle of the ceiling.

§ Ear: optional (but common) – 3 non-touching dots in a triangular formation, triangle pointing down.

o D. Full figure:

§ Iguana / frog / turtle.

§ So far, I’ve only seen them in PAL PT and YAX Lintel 48.

o E. “SHIELD”. <K’UH+“turtle head?”>: This variant is given in TOK.p27.r2.c2 and is a very unusual / aberrant form.