Yaxchilán, Lintel 24 - K2887 ©Justin Kerr - Click to view high resolution MAYA HIEROGLYPH DICTIONARY
Peter Mathews and Péter Bíró
Drawings by John Montgomery

che'b'che-b'u Hieroglyph  
 (1)                       

Meaning(s):  n.  quill, (paint) brush  /  pluma, cepillo    

Hieroglyphic Spelling(s):  (1)  che-b'u
  (2)  che-e-b'u

Thompson Number(s):  (1)  148-21
  (2)  148-542/741a-21

Narrow Transcription(s):  che[h]b', che'eeb' Houston, Stuart and Robertson 1998  
che'e[h]b' Lacadena and Wichmann 2004  


Last Updated:16-Jun-2005

k'uk'K'UK' Hieroglyph  
 (1)                       

Meaning(s):  n.  quetzal  /  quetzal    

Hieroglyphic Spelling(s):  (1)  K'UK'
  (2)  k'u-k'u

Thompson Number(s):  (1)  744
  (2)  603-603

Narrow Transcription(s):  k'uk' Lacadena and Wichmann 2000  
k'uk' Houston, Stuart and Robertson 1998  

Linguistic Reconstruction:  Proto-Mayan*q'u?q'Kaufman and Norman (1984)  
Proto-Cholan*k'uk'Kaufman and Norman (1984)  

Last Updated:25-Jul-2005