THOMAS] THE ELEVENTH DAY 241 
Immediately below it is the figure of a fish, which the two individuals 
represepted are trying to catch in a seine. As this contains the same 
elements as 61 (plate LXv), reversed, the phonetic value should be tzc, 
Referring to Perez’ Lexicon, we find that tzac is a fish ‘so named;” 
Brasseur says, ‘a little fish resembling a sardine which inhabits the 
senotes.” 
Now these give ¢2’ as the chief phonetic element of the left character 
of the dog symbol (LXy, 59), which is also the consonant element of the 
naine for “dog” (tz7) in the Tzental, Cakchiquel, and most of the Maya 
dialects, though not of the Maya proper. This furnishes a consistent 
and appropriate rendering of the left portion of the symbol. Although 
the symbol for the month AKankin (LXV, 63) presents a difficulty, it is 
possible some other name was applied to this month of which tz was a 
leading element; Yaxkin is sometimes written with the prefix Deze. 
As och is the Maya name for the ‘‘male fox,” and oquil or ocquil is 
the name in Tzental and Tzotzil for “wolf,” it is possible the Maya 
name may have been derived from one of these. Moreover, it is 
worthy of notice that “foot” in Tzotzil is written oquil as well as oe. 
I was at first inclined to adopt Dr Seler’s suggestion that the distin- 
guishing feature of the symbol might have been taken from the dog’s 
ears as given in the codices. However, a more thorough examination 
leads me to doubt this suggestion. The little black dots or blocks on 
the bent line appear here, as in the chicchan symbol, to be the most 
prominent and essential elements of the symbol. As they do not appear 
in the ear figures, it seems impossible that the character should have 
been derived from these figures. It is more likely that they represent 
the knots on a string or cord; and this supposition appears to be sus- 
tained by the fact that the Maya word hok, according to Brasseur, sig- 
nifies ‘a knot, hook;” and hokal “to be knotted, formed of knots.” 
Perez says “‘hok, el lazo formado para anudar;” “hokol, lazarse para 
anudarse la cuerda.” If this supposition be correct, the symbol is used 
for the day because of its phonetic value, and without any reference to 
its original signification. 
THE ELEVENTH DAY 
Maya, chuen; Tzental, batz; Quiche-Cakchiquel, batz; Zapotec, loo; Nahuatl, ozomatli. 
The symbol of this day is subject to few and slight variations. The 
form given by Landa, which is also quite common in most of the codices, 
especially Tro. and Cort., is shown in plate Lxv, 64. Slight variants 
are shown in LXV, 65, 66, and 67. An exceptional and peculiar form 
from Dres. 32b is seen in LXV, 68. A form from the Perez codex in 
which an eye is introduced is given at Lxv, 69. The character on the 
Palenque Tablet and some otber inscriptions, which is supposed to be 
the symbol of this day, is shown at Lxy, 70, but the proof that it is, in 
these cases, the day symbol is not so conclusive as that in regard to 
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