1893.] ^jJ [Brinton. 



turely, and did not reach full growth ; and the}' believed the 

 same was the case with animals born at this time (tienipo de 

 revejidos, porque no erecia muy alta la milpa que por este 

 tiempo se sembraba, y aun las criaturas que nacian. Note to 

 the Calendar). Doubtless it was for this reason that, as Father 

 Varea tells us, both months of mam were I'egarded as of evil 

 portent, and the natives were accustomed to say : Itzel kHk ca 

 vinak kHh mam, " they are bad days, the forty days of mam." 

 Vocabulario, MS. 



7. Rucah mam. — " Second old man." 



8. Lik'' in Va. — " Soft to the hand," from Wk^ soft, and ^''a, 

 hand. The expression refers to the soil which was then soft 

 owing to the rains (tiempo en que esta la tierra blanda y resba- 

 losa por las muchas aguas. Note to the Calendar). 



9. Natey tok^ ik\ — " The first cacao harvest," from tok\ the 

 cacao harvest (cosecha de cacao, Ximenes. Vocahulario, MS.). 



10. Rucah toV ik\ — " The second cacao harvest." 



11. Nabey pach. — " The first hen hatching." (Tiempo de em- 

 pollar las cluecas. Note to the Calendar.) The name is from 

 the yerh pache, to brood, to set as a bird (Ximenes). 



12. Bucab jxich. — " The second hen-hatching." 



13. Tziquin kih. — "The season of birds," from tziquin, bird, 

 kHli^i clay, time, season. 



14. Gakan. — Derived from k''ak, red ; according to the Cak. 

 Calendar from the reddish clouds (celages rojas) often seen at 

 this season ; according to others, and more probably, from a 

 species of red flowers which blossom at this time. 



15. Ibota, or Obota, or Botam. — A note to the Calendar says : 

 " The season of various colors, or, of mats rolled up." In the 

 latter sense the name would be from the verb bot, to roll up, 

 botal, that which is rolled up (lo arollado como petate. Guzman, 

 Vocahulario, MS.). Gavarrete gives " rollo de estera," a roll of 

 mats. The signification is not clear. 



