Note 715 — Chapter X
Reading edition
The following is Señor Melgar’s comparative list with the Spanish translated into English.
Hebrew. English. Chiapenec.
Ben, Son, Been.
Bath, Daughter, Batz.
Abbá, Father, Abagh.
Chimah, Star in Zodiac? the creator of rain, Chimax.
Maloc, King, Molo.
Abah, Name applied to Adam, Abagh.
Chanan, Afflicted, Chanam.
Elab, God, Elab.
Tischiri, September, Tsiquin.
Chi, More, Chic.
Chabic, Rich, Chabin.
Enos, Son of Seth, Enot.
Votan, To give, Votan.
Lambotus, River of Arica, Lambat.
He adds: “Todas estas coincidencias hacer suponer que en épocas muy remotas existeron communicaciones entre el viejo y el nuevo mundo.” He then refers to Plato’s Atlantis.—Melgar in Sociedad Mex. de Geog. Boletin, iii, Época, p. 108.