| 单词 | main sign |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmain sign main sign n. (in the writing system of the ancient Maya) the largest sign in a glyph, typically a logogram (often a root), within or around which other signs may be placed in order to modify the sense. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > ideogram ideograph1835 ideographic1837 ideogram1838 ideoglyph1847 ideophonetics1876 main sign1886 1886 Amer. Antiquarian 8 350 Prof. Forstemann..announces his conclusion that the Maya script is essentially ideographic; but immediately adds the numerous small figures attached to the main sign are to be considered phonetic. 1933 Amer. Anthropologist 35 669 Working with the month glyphs, we are already well able to show that there is no uniform employment of main signs and affixes corresponding to roots or stems and affixes in language. 1966 Man 1 182 The unusual shape—for Maya main signs are normally rectangular with rounded corners—warns us that we are dealing with a pictogram. 2010 C. Helmke et al. in L. J. LeCount & J. Yaeger Classic Maya Provinc. Politics v. 106 The main sign of the E[mblem] G[lyph] is the logogram WITZ, for ‘mountain’, and is introduced by syllabograms spelling out ka-ta-?-tzi. < as lemmas |
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