The Maya, Quiche Cakchiquel,[TN-2] and Nahuatl terms signify "death." The Tzental name _tox_, however, presents a difficulty not readily overcome in order to bring its signification into harmony with that of the others. Dr Seler does not attempt an explanation in his paper on the meaning of the day names, and in his subsequent article fails to reach any settled conclusion. Dr Brinton thinks it means something (as a human head) separated, sundered, cut off; "hence _tox-oghbil_, the ax or hatchet; _q-tox_, to split, divide, cut off." In this, he holds, it agrees precisely with the Zapotec _lana_, which, he says, the Zapotec vocabulary renders "a separated thing, like a single syllable, word, or letter." Dr Seler's interpretation of the Zapotec name is wholly different, as he says that the most natural of the various significations given is, in his opinion, "hare;" _pela-pillaana_, "liebre animal;" _too-quixe-pillaana_, or _pella-pillaana_, "red para liebres." I observe, however, that in Fuller's vocabulary _gu-lana_ is "to steal." Other significations are "name," "flesh," "secretly," etc. The proper interpretation of the Zapotec name therefore appears to be very doubtful. In Cordova's vocabulary, as given by Ternaux-Compans, "fleche" is given as the meaning of _quii-lana_. In Tzotzil _gtox_ signifies "to split, break off, break open, to chop." In Maya we have _tok_; which, as a substantive, Perez explains by "pedernal, la sangria;" as a verb it signifies "to bleed, let blood." In this dialect _tox_ denotes "to drain, draw off liquor, spill, shed." The usual form of the Mexican symbol for this day is shown in plate LXV, 32. It is also a naked skull. Like Dr Seler, I am compelled to admit that I can give no satisfactory suggestion as to the origin of the form shown in plate LXV, 27. According to Colonel Mallery,[232-1] one sign among the Indians for knife is to "cut past the mouth with the raised right hand," which, if figured, would probably bear some resemblance to the marks on this symbol.[232-2] THE SEVENTH DAY Maya, _manik_; Tzental, _moxic_; Quiche-Cakchiquel, _queh_; Zapotec, _china_; Nahuatl, _mazatl_.