Note 380 — PART IV. LINGUISTIC. (continued 2)

Xelogox ka chiri ruma Akahal vinak, “they were loved by the Akahal men.” Annals of the Cakchiquels, p. 126 (Vol. VI of Brinton’s Library of Aboriginal American Literature). In the Quiche Popol Vuh the word has the same meaning, as (page 102):

chi log u vach, their beloved face.

In fact, the word Dr. Stoll gives as that now usual among the Cakchiquels for “to love”—to desire, in the Popol Vuh is applied to the price paid for wives (p. 304):

rahil pu mial, the price of their daughters.

This word may be a derivative from the Maya ya, above mentioned.