264 DAY SYMBOLS OF THE MAYA YEAR [ETH. ANN. 16 
From what has been shown in regard to the symbol it would seem, 
if considered phonetic, that the original day name it was intended to 
represent contained / as its chief consonant element. If ikonomatie, 
the name of the thing indicated had / as its chief element. 
I think there can be little doubt that the symbol, as has been sug- 
gested by others, was taken from the full face, the central double line 
representing the nose, the two open dots the eyes, and the circle below 
the mouth. Now, according to Fuller’s Zapotee Vocabulary, the name 
for face is lu, which is the Zapotec name of the day. As has been 
stated, Dr Brinton thinks the Nahuatl and Zapotec names refer to the 
sun, and he is inclined also to believe that the “ruler” or “sovereign” 
referred to by the names of the Maya dialects is the sun. 
I think we may rest assured that the symbol of this day was derived 
from the full face, and that the word (for face) if was intended to indi- 
cate had / as its chief phonetic element—possibly from lec, ‘brow, 
front, forehead.” If derived from the face, its use as a day symbol, 
and in numerous combinations, proves beyond question that it is pho- 
netic in the true or in the rebus sense. 
