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_Hunpel haab minan ti hokal haab_, "one year lacking from five score years."
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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_can kal haab catac hunpel haab_, literally, "four score years and one year."
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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The Mayans used three coordinated calendars: long count, haab and tzolkin.
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Bennee an ai alweez haab a joyous reunion wen ai be awai fur sum dayz.
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In Dresden 26, in the pages showing the ceremonies of the years, the jaguar is carried on the back of the priest, evidently representing one of the year bearers (_Ti cuch haab_).
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Mayalpan, tumenel Ytza uinicob yetel Ulmil ahau lae, cankal haab catac oxppel haab; yocol buluc ahau cuchi paxci Mayalpan tumenel ahuitzil ɔul tan cah Mayapan ---- ---- 83. 12.
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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For instance, "ninety-nine years" is not expressed by _bolonlahutuyokal haab_, nor yet by _cankal haab catac bolonlahunpel haab_, but by _hunpel haab minan ti hokal haab_, "one single year lacking from five score years."
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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Oxlahun ahau, buluc ahau uchci mayacimil ich paa yetel nohkakil; oxlahun ahau cimci Ahpula; uacppel haab u binel ma ɔococ u xocol oxlahun ahau cuchie; ti yanil u xocol haab ti lakin cuchie, canil kan cumlahi pop, tu holhun zip catac oxppeli, bolon imix u kinil lai cimci
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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Lai u katunil cabil ahau u heɔcicab Ahcuitok Tutulxiu Uxmal; cabil ahau, oxlahun ahau, buluc ahau, bolon ahau, uuc ahau, ho ahau, ox ahau, hun ahau, lahca ahau, lahun ahau; lahun kal haab cu tepalob yetel u halach uinicil chicħen Itza yetel Mayalpan; lai u habil lae ---- ----
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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The year, _haab_, was intended to begin on the day of the transit of the sun by the zenith, and was counted from July 16th.
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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