ahau

It may be that the length of an ahau varied among the different tribes of the Mayas.

The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

The Mayas named their next longer period of time an ahau.

The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

Thirteen of these ahaus embraced their longest period of time, known as an ahau-katun.

The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

It had a length of either two hundred and sixty or three hundred and twelve years, according as we reckon either twenty or twenty-four years to an ahau.

The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

By the evening I drew near to Kher-ahau (? old Cairo), and I crossed the river on a raft without a rudder.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty 1897

By the evening I drew near to Kher-ahau (? old Cairo), and I crossed the river on a raft without a rudder.

Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings Epiphanius Wilson 1880

Xcha: At ahau, xa tin ya queh cab chi vichin, yn ahqueh, yn ahcab quinux, maqui quin i [c] o, xcha ri yuquite chahom.

The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

Four of these appear to be gods of diseases, _Ahal puh_, _Ahal te [t] ob_, _Ahal xic_, and _Ahál [t] anya_; at least three of these second words are also the designations of maladies, and _ahal_ is probably a mistake of the copyist for _ahau_, lord.

The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

The terminal _ahau_ is pure Maya, meaning king, ruler, lord; _Yal_ is also Maya, and means water.

American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

The ordinary term for chief or ruler, in both the Cakchiquel and Maya dialects, is _ahau_.

The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868