370 AIDS TO THE STUDY OF THE MAYA CODICES. 



If my iuterpretation of No. 14 fXamach or Chimix) be right, it is 

 probably phonetic also. It is composed, as will be seen by leference 

 to the figure, of two symbols closely resembling that for the day 

 Ymix, except that the top portion of one is omitted. The resem- 

 blance in sound to a duplication of Ymix is apparent. The slight 

 but permanent variation of the right hand portion from the usual 

 Ymix symbol and the omission of the top portion of the left hand 

 one are scarcely exjjlainable on the supposition that they form sim- 

 ply a conventional sign; but if phonetic the reason is apparent, as 

 the m sound is not repeated in the Maya name. This conclusion is 

 strengthened by the fact that the month Mac, found in the last or 

 bottom line of Plate 49, is precisely the same as the right portion of 

 No. 14, with Landa's symbol for Ca added. This probably justifies 

 us in concluding that the true name of this month is Camach, "the 

 jaw" or "jaws," and that Landa's figure is simply a rude represen- 

 tation of the lips or mouth. 



I have expressed the opinion' that the chief phonetic element of No. 

 8 (the stone symbol), if used to represent sound, is p or pp. This 

 opinion seems to be confirmed by the fact that this character is found 

 as a part of the symbol for the month .Pop on Plate 50 of the Dres- 

 den Codex. (See the second character in the first transverse line 

 below the day columns in the preceding Fig. 363. ) The method of 

 determining the months referred to in these plates of the codex has 

 been given in the preceding part of this paper. 



The interpretation given above of symbol No. 24 (the moo or ara) 

 will probably be accepted by all students of these manuscripts, and 

 if so its phonetic character must be conceded. That it is used in the 

 place above alluded to (Dresden Codex, Plate 16c) to denote this bird 

 is proved by the parallelism of the groups and the figure of the par- 

 rot under it. If we turn now to Plate 48 of this codex we observe 

 that the second character of the first line below the day columns and 

 the first character in the upper line of the lower group or square is, 

 in each case, a bird's head. It is easily proved by means of the 

 numeral series with which these are connected that they denote, in 

 both cases, the month Moan (from the moo), proving that Brasseur's 

 surmise was correct.' If the same bird is represented by two sym- 

 bols, one pictorial and the other ha.ving no resemblance to any feat- 

 ure or character of the thing denoted, it is probable the latter is 

 phonetic. This conclusion is strengthened in this case by the strong 

 resemblance of the first part of No. 24 to the symbol for the month 

 Mol. 



I have shoAvn above that the right portion of No. 20 of the list is 

 Landa's letter B, and also that in the lower division of Plate 65, 



' Study of the Manuscript Ti-oano, p. 147. 

 ''Landa's Relacion, pp. 382, 383, Note 1. 



