1884.] "5 [Brinton. 



Maize. The word aima given for maize and ear of maize is found in pre- 

 cisely the same form in Chontal, and in Lenca ama. I am inclined to 

 derive it from ixim (pronounce isJiim) the universal word for maize in 

 the Maya family. Later, we have for corn field uaya'a, which is close 

 to the Cakchiquel auan, cornfield, or auex, when the corn is young. 

 If this is correct, it would indicate that the neighboring tribes learned 

 the cultivation of corn from the Maya stock, which is the more signifi- 

 cant as it is now the opinion of botanists that the native habitat of 

 the Zea mats was in Guatemala where it was developed artificially 

 from the wild Euchlcena luxurians. The other word given for maize, 

 ahua, is identical with that for "moon." This may possibly refer 

 to an identification of the moon as the goddess of maize. In Chipe- 

 way the name of maize is mandamin, "the grain, min, of the god, 

 manito." 



Beans, xin'ac is the Cakchiquel, tzinak, Tzendal txenek. Evidently the 

 Xincas got their corn and beans first from their neighbors of Maya 

 lineage. 



Salt, tita, from Nahuatl iztatl. This article the Xincas learned from 

 their Nahuatl speaking neighbors, the Pipiles. 



Breeches. All three words are corruptions of the Spanish calzones. 



Paper. The words are corruptions of Span, papel. 



Heaven or Sky. uina', closely allied to Zotzil uinaje'l. 



Sun and Moon. In pure Maya the general root for sun is ki, for moon, v. 

 But in the Kekchi, Pokomchi and Pokomam we have for moon the 

 totally different word po. This seems to be the radical oTparri, sun, 

 in Xinca. Further, in Chanabal and Mam we have for moon ixa'u, 

 where the ix is probably the feminine prefix, leaving for moon a'u, a 

 kin to Xinca nJiua. 

 The word alma bears a superficial resemblance to hup, water, but a 



close examination of these tongues does not bear out Dr. Trumbull's 



theory, of a radical connection between the expressions for sun and water. 



(See Proceedings of tJie American Philological Association, 1875-6, p. 45.) 



Star, xune, allied to Cakchiquel, tzumil, star ; hueso appears to have no 

 connection with Maya dialects. 



Day. pari, the same as sun. 



Night, chijm—ac, Cakchiquel aka, night, perhaps with the preposition 

 chi, at, "by night," "at night." 



"Wind. yeuJia, Pokonchi te'ug. 



Tree, utis, Tznedal te, Choi tie'. 



Jaguar, uilay, Pokomchi, baijlam. 



Deer, tuma, Chontal, chima'. 



Jabali. cargua, from caragua, woods, jaxo, Pokomchi, aj'k, hog, wild 

 hog ; compare the name of the same animal in Pokomchi, quiche ajk, 

 wood -hog. 



Dog. pelo, Spanish, perro. 



Soul, terouala, in which tero is the adjective "dead." 



