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

Translation: centre (the very centre of something)
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of xin: None known.

Syllabogram spellings of xin

                    

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K8728 H-I                                              Berlin Museum Plate (IV Ca 50512) glyph-block #6-#7

ta.<xi:ni> CHAN:AJAW:wa                  ta.xi.ni CHAN:na

 

·    Currently known to me only from the name Ta Xin Chan, the Lakam of K’ahk’ Yohl K’inich, the Lord of Yootz/Yomootz.

·    The reading and meaning are explained in AT-YT2021-lecture24.t0:58:34-1:01:04. The word xin means “the very centre”, and the name Ta Xin Chan Ajaw hence means “The Lord is in the Midst of the Sky”.