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Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs
 


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Glyph T229; also T228 - a/AJ

a/AJ (a/aj) (T229; also T228) 1> vowel a 2> masc. agentive pro > n. meaning "he" 3> agentive pref. "he of______"; associates individuals with locations or qualities, as in aj naab'  "he of water" 4> 2nd pers. poss. pro > n. of the ergative set, "your" and "you" when it marks the subject of the verb.

(CH) 1> a (a) vocalic sign or syllabogram if the grapheme is thought of as 'a 2> a (a[j]) aj- ~ agentive prefix 3> a (a) a- ~ 2SE pronoun of the ergative Set A. Corresponds to "you" or "your" <> Represents the beak of a parakeet and as such is an abbreviated form of T743.

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