2. In a hand gesture as if eating the thumb is not visible, and the meaning presumably is 'growing'. This has been stated earlier when discussing why the glyphs for the different phases of a.m. sun have been drawn with three fingers towards the mouth, as seen e.g. in the calendar for the daylight according to H:
The fundamental property of a.m. sun is 'growing'. When in the glyphs for p.m. sun a different hand gesture is seen, where the hand is turned away from the mouth, we of course will draw the conclusion that it means the opposite, i.e. that p.m. sun is shrinking:
There is, however, only one of these glyphs with an outward hand gesture among the glyphs for the phases of p.m. sun. The meaning may therefore be something else than 'shrinking'. |
