ahau
noun
ä-ˈhau̇
plural -s
often capitalized
: the last of the 20 day names of the Maya calendar that with its associated numbers 1 to 13 in a peculiar order (13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, 1, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2) designated the 13 katuns of a series
13 ahau the first
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Epigraphic Mayan ʔajaaw, literally, "lord, ruler"
First Known Use
1843, in the meaning defined above