The personal name was always that of the day of birth, this being adopted for astrological reasons. There was a fixed opinion that the temperament and fortunes of the individual were controlled by the supposed character of his birthday, and its name and number were therefore prefixed to his family name. This explains the frequent occurrence in the Cakchiquel _Annals_ of such strange appellatives as _Belehe Queh_, nine deer; _Cay Batz_, two monkey, etc.; these being, in fact, the days of the year on which the bearers were born. They should be read, “the 9th Queh,” “the 2d Batz,” etc. _Tribal Subdivisions._ The _chinamitl_ appears to have been the sub-gens. Besides it, there are other words frequently recurring in the _Annals_ referring to divisions of the community, _hay_, home or household; _[c]hob_, sept or division; and _ama[t]_ tribe or city. The first of these, _hay_, appears to be a general term applied to a community, without necessarily implying relationship. An Indian, asked where he is from, will answer _in ah-hay vae_, “I am of this place,” referring to his village. Yet it is evident that in early times, all of one village were considered to be related. The word _hay_, moroever,[TN-3] does not signify a house as an edifice. In that sense the proper term is _ochoch_. The frequent references by Xahila to the seven tribes, or rather the seven cities, _vuk ama[t]_, and the thirteen divisions or provinces, _oxlahuh [c]hob_, are not explained in the course of the narrative. These numbers retained sacred associations, as they were adopted later to assign the days of worship of their divinity (see Sec. 44). Brasseur is of opinion that the thirteen divisions refer to the Pokomams,[34-1] but that such a subdivision obtained among the Cakchiquels as well, is evident from many parts of their _Annals_. The same division also prevailed, from remote times, among the Quiches,[34-2] and hence was probably in use among all these tribes. It may have had some superstitious connection with the thirteen days of their week. The _[c]hob_ may be regarded as the original gens of the tribe, and the similarity of this word to the radical syllable of the Nahuatl _calp-ulli_, may not be accidental. I have elsewhere spoken of the singular frequency with which we hear of seven ancestors, cities, caves, etc., in the most ancient legends of the American race.[34-3] _Terms of Affinity and Salutation._ In the Cakchiquel grammar which I edited, I have given a tolerably full list of the terms of consanguinity and affinity in the tongue (pp. 28, 29). But it is essential to the correct understanding of the text in this volume, to recognize the fact that many such terms in Cakchiquel are, in the majority of cases, terms of salutation only, and do not express actual relationship.