The words seem to be: _poc_, to wash or rub; _hat_, numerical termination serving to count split-wood; _tancab_, outside the house, or in the patio.

_Pozole._ Nahuan _pozolatl_, or _poçol atl_, a drink of cooked corn.

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_Sacá_, _zacá_. Orgeat of corn; from _za_, corn gruel; _cá_, or _caa_, duplicative particle.

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_Sintun_, _zintun_. A heated stone for heating water for bathing purposes. From _zin_, to haul, girdle or encircle; _tun_, stone.

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_Tich._ A mass celebrated in planted fields. See Brinton, op. cit.

_Xaché xtabay._ According to the author, the name of a plant. The first word, _xaché_, is evidently _xach_ or _xachah_, to comb. _Xtabay_ may be _x-_, a prefix, indicating feminine gender; _tabal_, to deceive.

_Xanleox_, _x'kanleox_. From _x-_, prefix denoting feminine gender; _kan_, yellow; _lox_, to strike with the closed fist. Brinton simply gives "yellow goddess" as the equivalent.

_Xbolonthahroch bokolhahoch_, _X bolon thoroch bokol_ (or _bookol_) _h'otoch_. From _x-_, prefix denoting feminine gender; _bolon_, nine; _thoroch_, sound of a spindle revolving in its shaft. Brinton says, "The name therefore signifies 'the female imp who magnifies the sound of the spindle." _Bokol_ or _bookol_, to stir; _h_ or _ah_, to indicate the rough breathing which in Maya denotes the masculine gender.

_Xhantumbú_, _xkantumbub,_ or _xkantun bub_. A small plant used for medicinal purposes.

_Xtabay._ See etymology under _xaché xtabay_.

_Xulab._ Spelled by Sanchez de Aguilar _xubab_. An ant which attacks beehives.

_Yuncimil_, _Yumcimil_. The God of Death; from _yum_, universal father or lord; _cimil_, death.

_Zaztun._ A quartz crystal; from _zaz_, clear; _tun_, stone.

BAEZA, BARTOLOMÉ JOSÉ GRANADO. Los Indios de Yucatan. Informe dado por el cura de Yaxcabá D. Bartolomé del Granado Baeza, en contestacion al interrogatorio de 36 preguntas, circulado por el ministerio de Ultrámar sobre el manejo, vida y costumbres de los Indios, que acompaño el Illmo. Sr. obispo á la deputacion provincial. _Registro Yucateco_, Mérida, tomo I, pp. 165-178.

This account was written in Yaxcabá, April 1, 1813. It is one of the principal sources of information used by Brinton in his paper, The Folk-lore of Yucatan.

G. C. El Indio Yucateco, carácter, costumbres y condicion de los Indios de Yucatan. _Registro Yucateco_, Mérida, tomo I, pp. 291-297.