Abstract

SOBRINO GOMEZ, Martín  and  KANTUN RIVERA, Jesús Guillermo. Chahk’s Journey: Locative Predication in Dresden Codex. Logographic Value Proposals for T667. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2023, vol.61, pp.137-168.  Epub June 26, 2023. ISSN 0185-2574.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm/61.002x4856001sm5.

his paper presents two logographic value proposals for main sign T667. The first proposed value is AY, which have an existential predicate semantics. The second proposed value is LAY, which have a proximal deictic semantics. These logographic value proposals are based both on the phonetic complementation patterns and on the syntactic and semantic analysis of the clauses represented in the hieroglyphic texts where T667 appears in the Dresden Codex (pages 65b-69b, 30c-31c and 29c-30c). For the first case, the complementation patterns seem to be spelling the word ayan, an existential with which locative constructions are formed. In the second case, the complementation patterns suggest that the word alay, a demonstrative pronoun that functions as the core of a predication, is spelled.

Keywords : Mayan codices; sign T667; existential predicate; proximal deictic; locative adjuncts.