The Maya Chronicles: Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
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The Maya Chronicles: Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
Maya language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Maya language -- Texts; Mayas -- Antiquities; Mayas -- History
[41-2] _Leti u Cilich Evangelio Jesu Christo hebix San Lucas._ Londres,
1865. The first draught of this translation, in the handwriting of
Father Ruz, with numerous corrections by himself, is in the library of
the Canon Crescencio Carrillo at Mérida. A copy of it was obtained by
the Rev. John Kingdon of Belize, and printed in London without any
acknowledgment of its origin. It does not appear to me to be accurate.
For instance, chap. X, v. 1, "The Lord appointed other seventy also,"
where the Maya has _xan lahcatu cankal_, "seventy-two;" and again chap.
XV, v. 4, the ninety-nine sheep are increased to _bolon lahu uaxackal_,
one hundred and fifty-nine!
[42-1] _Apuntes para una Gramatica Maya._ Por Don Juan Pio Perez, MSS.
pp. 126, 128.
[42-2] "Me parece que _tu_ es síncopa de _ti u_." (Note of Dr. Berendt.)
There is no doubt but that Dr. Berendt is correct.
[43-1] This is not correct. Beltran gives for 45, _hotu yoxkal_, which I
analyze, _ho ti u u ox kal_.
[44-1] _Apuntes del Diccionario de la Lengua Maya. Por un yucateco
aficionado à la lengua_, 4to, pp. 486, MSS.
[45-1] "CAL: hartar ô emborrachar la fruta." _Diccionario Maya-Español
del Convento de San Francisco_, Merida, MS. I have not found this word
in other dictionaries within my reach.
[46-1] _Calepino en Lengua Cakchiquel por Fray_ Francisco de
Varea,[TN-4] MS. s. v. _chuvi_. This MS. is in the Library of the
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.
[46-2] F. Pantaleon de Guzman, _Compendio de Nombres en Lengua
Cakchiquel_, MS. This MS. is in my collection.
[48-1] _Codice Perez_, p. 92, MS. This is a series of extracts from
various ancient Maya manuscripts obtained by the late distinguished
Yucatecan antiquary, Don Juan Pio Perez, and named from him by Canon
Crescencio Carrillo and other linguists. A copy of it is in my
collection. It is in quarto, pp. 258.
[54-1] All the examples in the above paragraph are from the Appendix to
the _Diccionario Maya-Español del Convento de San Francisco, Merida_,
MS. It also gives its positive authority to the length of the katuns, as
follows: "Dicese que los Indios contaban los años à pares (_sic_), y
cuando llegaba uno a veinte años, entonces decian que tenian _hunpel
katun_, que son veinte años.'[TN-6] I think the words _à pares_, must be an
error for _à veintenas_; they may mean "in equal series."
[54-2] The _Diccionario de Motul_ MS. has the following lengthy
entries:--
"TZUC: copete ô coleta de cabellos; ô de crines de caballo, ô las barbas
que echa el maiz por arriba estando en la mazorca; y la cabeza que
tienen algunas hachas y martillos en contra del tajo, y la cabeza del
horcon, y las nubes levantadas en alto y que dan que denotan segun dice
tempestad de agua. Partes, enpartimieñtos. Cuenta para pueblos, para
partes, parrafos i articulos, diferencios y vocablos montones."
[55-1] _Historia de Yucatan_, Lib. IV, cap. V.
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