[This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.]
CMGG entry for tek'

Translation: step on
Part of speech: Verb

Logogram spellings of tek': None known.

Syllabogram spellings of tek'

                                                              

IC.p27 = JM.p230.#4 = Coe&Benson-TMRPaDO                      ZenderEtAl-TSSw.p43.pdfp9.fig8

Dumbarton Oaks Unprovenanced Panel 2 (PAL) C3                FLD Alabaster Bowl G

<te:k’a>.ja                                                                                       u.<<[te]k’e>:we>

 

·    No known logogram.

·    JM.p230.#3 is only JM.p230.#4 with the ja removed.

·    The Dumbarton Oaks Panel example is passive tehk’aj = “it is stepped”, while the FLD Alabaster Bowl is active utek’ew = “he stepped”. The passive example in full is tehk’aj yok tu witzil uk’uhil literally = “It was stepped, his foot, upon the mountain of his god” = “his foot was stepped upon the mountain of his god”.