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

Translation: shark
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of xook

                                                                    

K&H.p87.#8               K&L.p20.#1.1-5                                                   TOK.p28.r1.c2                  BMM9.p18.r3.c3                    25EMC.pdfp51.#8.1-4 = K&L.p20.#1.2-5

XOK                             XOK                                                                        u/XOOK                            XOK                                           XOK

 

·     Features:

o A “blunt” pointed nose, characteristic of sharks.

o Many parallel, slightly curved lines, representing fins:

§ At the back of the head.

§ Optionally: at the front of the head also.

o A “LEM” element to indicate the glistening surface of a shark's body.

o Optionally:

§ A slightly wavy (non-spiral) tendril, towards the left, or

§ A shark tooth towards the left, or

§ (Even more uncommonly) one or more additional teeth on the far right of the mouth.

 

Syllabogram spellings of xook

JM.p277.#3

xo:ki