Day Symbols of the Maya Year: Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266.Thomas, Cyrus
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Day Symbols of the Maya Year: Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266.
Thomas, Cyrus
Maya calendar
XULBIL, meaning of 225
XULEZAH, meaning of 225
XULUB, meaning of 225
XUULUL, meaning of 225
YACHE, meaning of 228
YAX and _ceh_ symbols compared 249
-- symbol of the Maya 211
YAXKIN, form of, discussed 241
-- symbol of the Maya 211
YEAR, Maya, day symbols of the 199-265
YELLOW, how represented in codices 228
YIB, signification of 254
YIZ, _see_ BALAM.
YMIX, _see_ IMIX.
YOKCABIL, definition of 257
-- MUYAL, definition of 258
ZAC and _ceh_ symbols compared 249
--, phonetic value of 259
-- symbol dismissed 250
ZACATLA symbol in Mexican pictography 244
ZACZUY, a Zapotec goddess 255
ZAPOTEC and Oceanic terms compared 262
--, day names of the 206
-- terms, interpretation of 218
ZEEK-CIMIL, meaning of 250
ZIIE day symbol discussed 229
ZIP, explanation of the name 255
-- month symbol in the codices 249
ZNI-NAX, definition of 259
ZOO symbol in Maya hieroglyphs 225
ZOTZ symbol in Maya hieroglyphs 225
ZO'TZI-HA mentioned in Popol Vuh 225
ZUITON, definition of 259
ZUL symbol in Dresden codex 225
Transcriber's Note
The table of "Names of the days in different calendars" was originally
printed on two pages, with the page break following the line beginning
"Men." The repeated column headings have been omitted in this version
of the text.
The following errors and inconsistencies have been maintained.
Misspelled words and typographical errors:
Page Error
TN-1 207 Charney should read Charnay
TN-2 231 Quiche Cakchiquel should read Quiche-Cakchiquel
TN-3 Plate LXIX The final . is missing
TN-4 Index Cacao entry A . was used instead of a ,
TN-5 Index Dresden entry Discussion of symbols, comma missing after 213
TN-6 Index Imiz entry Imiz should read Imix
TN-7 Index Phonetic entry Comma missing after 205
TN-8 Index Seler entry phonetcism should read phoneticism
The following word was inconsistently spelled:
Zotzil / Zoztzil
The following words had inconsistent hyphenation:
cross-hatched / crosshatched
cuch-pach / cuchpach
Kinich-kakmo / Kinichkakmo
Other inconsistencies:
The abbreviation Dr is not usually followed by a . However, in the
footnotes on pp. 208 and 224, it ends with a .
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