1885.] 259 [Stoll. 



cozamalofl. Though this etymology does not seem entirely satis- 

 factory^, I cannot offer any better. 



p. 8. " Gakix^ the ara or guacamaUa, Trogon splendensy The 

 bird called " cakix " by the Indians is the Ara macao L. known 

 generally by its Carib name guacamaya. Trogon S2:ilendeus is a 

 scientific synonym for the quetzal, Tharomacrus mocinno (Lall.), 

 a bird differing widely from the ara both in shape and color. 



p. 19. Phonology. The four new signs added to the European 

 alphabet by some of the old writers on Cakchiquel (Parra, Flores) 

 ^^"•' 6' ^1 6^1 ^^ ^^® ^"^ phonetic modifications of four cor- 

 responding signs of the common alphabet. So we get four pairs 

 of sounds, namely : c and ^ ; 



k and ^ 

 ch and ^h 

 tz* and ^ 



forming two series of consonants, the former of which repre- 

 sents the common letters, and the latter their respective " cut 

 letters," which may be described as being pronounced with a 

 shorter and more explosive sound than the corresponding com- 

 mon letter, and separated by a short pause from the jDreceding 

 or following vowel. 



2^. 21. Declension of novns. vleuh, earth, pronounce ttleuh. 

 In the old Spanish grammars the v before a consonant is always 

 an v, before a vowel it has the sound of the Spanish v. 



yxok. The old writers are very inconsequent in the alternate 

 use of y and t, and the reader might be misled so as to suppose 

 them to be two differently sounding letters. Wherever in the 

 old grammars y precedes a consonant, it sounds like the common 

 I, and so we write better, 



ixok instead of yxok. 



ix yx. 



itzel y^^l. etc. 



In all plurals ending with y with the old Avriters, it has always 

 the sound of i, and bears the accent. In pronunciation it is 

 separated by a short hiatus from the preceding vowel and does 



*fe is simiDly an antiquated form of tlie German tz, and is pronounced exactly 

 like it. 



