Note 198 — PART II. MYTHOLOGY AND FOLK-LORE. (continued 2)

The derivation of this word is from kat, which in the Diçcionario Maya-Español del Convento de Motul, MS. of about 1580, is defined as “la tierra y barro de las olleras,” but which Perez in his modern Maya dictionary translates “ollas ô figuras de barro”; ob, is the plural termination; lox, is strong, or the strength of anything; h’ or ah, as it is often written, is the rough breathing which in Maya indicates the masculine gender.