nt and
appropriate rendering of the left portion of the symbol. Although the
symbol for the mouth _Kankin_ (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 _Dze_.

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 _oc_.

I was at first inclined to adopt Dr Seler's suggestion that the
distinguishing 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 clots 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 sustained
by the fact that the Maya word _hok_, according to Brasseur, signifies
"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 other inscriptions, which is supposed to be the symbol
of this day, is shown at LXV, 70, but the proof that it is, in these
cases, the day symbol is not so conclusive as that in regard to other
day symbols, as no method of bringing it into relation with the other
time symbols of the inscriptions has been found.

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