Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb

Kettunen & Helmke 2011
Thematic Dictionary: Nouns and Adjectives
Root/stem: Transliteration: Transcription: GC: Translation:
-k’inich
k’inich-
K’IN-ni-chi
K’INICH
K’IN-ni-chi
K’INICH
k’inich n “sun” followed by an
augmentative suffix –ich
yielding lit. “Great Sun”
or “Sun-ny” but to be
understood as a referent
to the solar deity God G
otherwise known as
K’inich Ajaw in nominal
expressions
k’inich adj “sun” followed by an
augmentative suffix –ich
yielding lit. “Great Sun”
or “Sun-ny” but to be
understood as
“resplendent” in titular
expressions
k’inil
K’IN-ni-li
K’IN-li
k’in-il
k’in-[i]l
n
“time”
k’intun
K’IN-TUN-ni
K’IN-TUN
k’in-tuun
k’in-tuun
cn
lit. “sun-stone” but to be
understood as “dry
season, drought”
k’oh(baah)
ko-ho
k’o-ba
koh
k’o[h]-ba[ah]
cn
lit. “mask-self” for
“mask”
k’o’b k’o-ba k’o’b n “hearthstone” in
mythological references
refers to the one of the
three primordial
hearthstones
k’uh
k’u-hu
K’UH
K’UH-li
k’uh
k’uh
k’uh-[uu]l
n
“god”
k’uhul / k’ujul /
k’u’ul
k’u-hu-lu
k’u-ju-lu
K’UH-HUL
K’UH-JUL-lu
K’UH-JUL
K’U’-u-lu
k’uh-ul
k’uj-ul
k’uh-ul
k’uh-ul / k’uj-ul
k’uh-ul / k’uj-ul
k’u’-ul
adj
lit. “god-like” to be
understood as “godly,
divine”
k’uk’
k’u-k’u
2
k’u
K’UK’
k’uk’
k’uk’
k’uk’
n
“quetzal” specifically the
male Resplendent
Quetzal (Pharomachrus
mocinno)
k’uk’um
K’UK’-ma
k’u-K’UK’UM
k’uk’[u]m
k’uk’um
n
“feather, plumage”
k’uuch k’u-chi k’uuch n “vulture”
k’uuhtz K’UH-tzi k’uuhtz n “tobacco”
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