;" and as _ci_ is also the name of the maguey
plant, and likewise refers to the pulque or intoxicating drink from this
plant, he concludes that _cib_ must have been formed by the addition of
the instrumental suffix, and hence refers to that which is used for
wine, "either the honey, or, more correctly, the narcotic root."

This conclusion he thinks is strengthened by the fact that the corkscrew
figure, which is the chief element of the _cib_ symbol, is found several
times on vases or earthen vessels (see LXVII, 6). Attention is called in
this connection to the fact that _loo_ in Zapotec signifies "root,"
which is also one of the meanings given by Henderson to the Maya _cib_,
which would seem to strengthen Dr Seler's conclusion.

The glyph is seldom if ever found in combination with other characters
or used otherwise than as a day symbol. This, together with the fact
that it is not found except as a day symbol in the beekeeper's calendar
in the Troano Codex, would seem to indicate that there has been a change
in the name of the day since the origin of the symbol; or, on the other
hand, the symbol has been modified from some older form. Nevertheless,
there are some indications that it is phonetic and that the corkscrew
figure has _b_ as its chief element, whether _cib_ be the word indicated
or not.

In the symbol for the day _Caban_ (LXVII, 9) we see the same corkscrew
figure, and observe that _b_ is the chief consonant element of the word.
In the well-known symbol for woman (LXVI, 49) there appears the same
character, usually double, one at the front of the face, the other on
the back part of the head. I have usually considered this a mere
conventional symbol, taken from the female head, these corkscrew figures
indicating the rolls of hair. Nevertheless it is possible that it is
phonetic, as we see on the cheek the _c_, _ch_, or _k_ character
heretofore referred to. As _chup_, _chupal_, and _chuplal_ are names for
"woman, female, or girl," the _p_ may replace the _b_ and represent the
corkscrew figure. I am unable, however, to explain the prefix, which
should have the _b_ or _p_ sound, or be a determinative. Possibly it may
denote _pal_, signifying a young person, though this appears to refer
generally to the male sex. Henderson, however, prefixes _x_ to give it
the signification "daughter, or girl."

That the symbol on vessels as shown in LXVII, 6, indicates liquid, or
drink of some kind, is more than probable. It ma