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But on investigation we find the same compound, a _yax-chuen_ with [Hieroglyph] prefix, also at
Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs William Gates 1901
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Cen ix Nakuk Pech lae in kaba ten yax batab yax kubob patan ca binon
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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Lae cat uli ɔulob uai tu lumil cacabob lae manan Maya uinicob ti kuchi yolob u kube patan ti yax ɔulob cuchi, lae lai u yax cantahob ɔulob Españolesob ɔocan ili tun u ɔabal cah canante.
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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Hunkal hab yax kuchcob tu Chicħen Ytza ti u kabahob ah makopilobe ah ɔuɔopob.
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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Yucatane; he hab yax ulci ɔulob tu lumil uai ti Cupule lae 1511 años.
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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The species held in especial respect is the ceiba, the silk-cotton tree, the _ytzamatl_ (knife-leaved paper tree) of the Nahuas, the _yax che_ (green, or first tree) of the
Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Cogolludo mentions a goddess _Ix chebel yax_, one of whose functions was to preside over drawing and painting.
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Nakuk Pechil; hidalgoson yax batabon tumen capitanob cat yax chuca uai ti peten lae ton ix yax kubob patan ti ɔulob cat ɔab u chucil toon tumen
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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It is quite popular among the natives, and they still attribute to it a sacred character, calling it _yax ha_, the first water, the primal fluid.
Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Cen tah Nakuk Pech in yax kamici cah uai ti cacab Cħac Xulub Cħen, ca uliob u chun u thanob tu pachob _y_ yahkulel _y_ u holpopob _y_ yahkinob lae, lai u kaba Ah
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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