far as it
relates to the left portion of the glyph, is a mere suggestion, it
agrees with the fact that the ornamented or crossbarred border is found
in the symbol for _Cib_, and the three dots with Landa's _e_.[224-2]

In Tro. 11*d is the character shown in plate LXIV, 52. As the right
portion is the upper part of the symbol for _chikin_, "west" (see plate
LXIV, 53), its phonetic value may be a derivative of _kuch_, _kuchnahi_,
_kuchah_, "to spin, to draw out into threads." Henderson gives _chuch_
as an equivalent. As the subfix in plate LXIV, 48, is the character I
have usually interpreted by _u_, this would give us some of the elements
of the name _Kukulcan_ and not _Itzamna_, as Seler and Schellhas
suppose. Possibly, however, the deity represented may be _Baklum-Chaam_,
the god adored at Ti-ho and usually considered, though without apparent
justification, as the Maya Priapus.

The somewhat similar character, plate LXIV, 55, from Tro. 18*c, which Dr
Seler considers synonymous, is probably essentially distinct, as it
bears a somewhat stronger resemblance to the _chuen_ than to the _akbal_
symbol. In character 54, plate LXIV, from Dres. 17b, which denotes the
vulture or rapacious bird figured below the text, it probably indicates
the _c_ sound, as the most reasonable interpretation of the symbol is
_hchom_, "the sopilote" (Perez), or _hchuy_, "a hawk or eagle." If the
character shown in plate LXIV, 54, is intended to indicate the bird
figured below, and is neither of those mentioned, it is probably one the
name of which begins with _ch_.

The symbol of the month _Zo[c]_ (_Tsoz_ or _Zotz_) also contains this
supposed _akbal_ glyph, but in the varied form last above mentioned,
which, as we have said, bears a strong resemblance to the _chuen_
symbol. This, as will be seen by comparing, bears a very close
resemblance to glyph LXIV, 54. If phonetic, we must assume that the _ch_
(if the interpretation of the former be correct) has been hardened to
_z_ or _tz_.[225-1]

The same character is also found in the symbol for the month _Xul_ (see
plate LXIV, 56, from Dres. 49c). As Dr Seler refuses to accept the
theory that the characters are either phonetic or ikonomatic, he
concludes, in the following words, that resemblance in the forms of the
symbols indicates relationship in the subject-matter:

_Xul_ signifies the end, the point; _xuulul_, to end; _xulah_,
_xulezah_, to bring to an end; _xulub_ (that with, which