1893.] 301 [Brinton. 



Derivations. 



1. Teq}(exepuah — See Cakchiquel months, Xo. 1. 



2. Tziha Pop. — " Painted mat." Compare the Maya name for 

 their first month. 



3. Zac. — " "White." The same as the eleventh MaA'a month, 

 bnt with the Qniches it probably referred to certain white flow- 

 ers blooming at this season. 



4. ClVah. — Gavarrete translates this as " bow," which is, in 

 fact, the meaning of chah ;^ bnt I have no donbt that the right 

 word is ch^ab, from ch^aban, mud, mire, from the muddy condi- 

 tion of the soil at this season. 



5. Nabey mam. — See the sixth Cakchiquel month, of this 

 name. 



Gavarrete inserts as the fifth month, between Gli'ab and Nabey 

 ma7n, a month named Hun bix kHh, " the season of the first 

 singing " of certain birds, or, " of the first fires," bix having 

 both these significations. He omits the name of Botam for the 

 fourteenth month, and thus preserves the proper number. 



6. Ucab mam. — The second mam. See above. 



7. Nabey likHn l:''a. — The first likHn k^a. See the Cakchiquel 

 month of this name. 



8. Ucab likHn k^i. — The second liPin Va. 



9. Nabey pack. — The first pack. See the Cakchiquel month 

 of this name. 



10. Ucab pack. — The second ^x'''^'- 



11. Tzizi lakam. — Tzizi, from tziziJ, the small sprouts or 

 shoots which begin to appear ; kdrim means flags, or banners, 

 and seems to refer to the shape or appearance of these. 



*In the Quiche, Cakchiquel, Pokomam and Pokomchi dialects, chab means both 

 "bow" and "arrow." Strictly it means the bow onlj-, the arrow being oZ, or j/ai c/ta6, 

 "son of the bow." 



