1893.] —£70 [Briiiton. 



The order and the names which he gives are as follows : 

 Months of the Tzental Calendar. 



1. Tzun. — Allied to the Maj^a c7?h??, the beginning ; dzunut, 

 to begin ; so called from being the first month of the Tzental 

 year (about April 1). Or from Zotzil tzunel, to sow (sembrar, 

 Ferraz, Lenguas Tndigenas de Centro- America, p. 57). 



2. Batzul. — The Tzental word hatz means a species of monkey 

 which make a howling noise and are bearded ; hatzil means 

 native, as opposed to foreign, e.y., hatzil fah, a knife of native 

 manufacture ; but I would not derive the month-name from 

 either of these ; rather from bat, the word in Tzental and Maya 

 for gi'ain, seed, etc., referring to the month in which the seed- 

 corn was prepared. 



3. Si sac. — For tzi zac, " little white ;" probably, as in the 

 Quiche Calendar, from the blossoming of certain white flower- 

 ing plants at this time. 



4. Mucta sac. — " Great white," referring to the increasing 

 abundance of flowers. 



5. Moc. — Pineda says this signifies the month in which the 

 fences of the cornfields were made. It is evidently the Maya 

 moc, to fasten together, whence the Tzental macteibil, wooden 

 fence (cercado de palos, Lara, Vocabulario Tzendal). 



6. Olalti. — This and the two following months were those in 

 which the corn was planted. Both olalti and ulol appear 



