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

Translation: Yopaat
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of yopaat

                                                                      

K&L.p32.#6.2 = BMM9.p15.r2.c4                    K&L.p32.#6.1                       TOK.p29.r2.c3                                 25EMC.pdfp52.#6.1&2&3 = K&L.p32.#6.2&1&3

YOPAT                YOPAT                                       YOPAT                                   YOPAAT                                          

 

                  

K&L.p32.#6.3                        mayavase.com

                                                K4669 A6

YOPAT                                    <CHAN:na>.<YOPAAT:ta>

 

[Get some examples with phonetic complement ti (CPN Altar Q, and see EB), and ta for Late Classic]

 

·     No glyphs given in K&H.

·     25EMC.p32.#6 gives that the pronunciation can be either Yopaat or Yopat (perhaps because of the end phonetic complements ti and ta). This is probably due to the shortening of long vowels towards the end of the Late Classic.

·     Variants (2):

o A. god head – features:

§ Top of head is a 2- or 3-feeler “to” (with “protectors”).

§ Back of head (i.e., whole right side) has an infixed element which is a hand grasping an axe (without handles – the hand directly grasps the blade, which has a slot in it the centre, made for this purpose).

§ Optional: phonetic complement ti – where the three god heads Chaak, K’awiil, Yopaat can sometimes be difficult to tell apart, the (occasional) phonetic complements of (respectively) ki, la, ti can be helpful.

o B. god head – features:

§ Absence at top of head of a 2- or 3-feeler “to” (with “protectors”).

§ Back of head (i.e. whole right side) has an infixed element which is a hand grasping a rock (just before throwing it).

·     In K4669 A5, what appears to be a spondylus shell on the right (characteristic of Chaak) might actually be the hand grasping a more conventional axe, with a handle. The ta (or -ti) at the bottom and the three “to” scrolls at the top are also characteristics of Yopaat.