5. Lamat. The figures bear a close resemblance to some of the sun signs. See Fig. [37]. They seem to show the orb partly below a line—the horizon—which would give as a rebus lamal kin, the sunsetting; enough to recall the day name.
6. Muluc. The day sign muluc and the month sign mol have a resemblance, as do the words. The root mol or mul means a coming together, or piling up. The hurricane is called molay ik, “the winds united;” the word for religion is umolay, literally, “a congregation or meeting.” Both signs seem to portray one thing inside of another of the same kind, with a probable reference to the sense of the root.
Fig. 67.—A Cartouche.
7. Oc. Among its various meanings this word signifies “a trail” and “footprints.” Such seems the design in the first variant. Brasseur, and, following him, Seler, think that the others portray the ears of a dog, as in some Mayan dialects the dog is called oc. The full glyph is thus:
It is of frequent occurrence in such a cartouche as shown in Fig. [67], where a is the strengthened pax; (See p. 92), b, the dog sign; c, the haunch of venison; and d, the monogram of Xmucane with a vigesimal or personal prefix.