[Aztlan] Water Over the Earth

[Hoopes, John W]

In 1907, Tozzer recorded a story near Valladolid, Yucatan in which there
is a narrative of four successive creations and their destructions by
floods.  In writing of the intial creation, he notes, "This first epoch
was separated from the second by a flood called _haiyokocab_ (water over
the earth)."

Tozzer, Alfred (1907) A comparative study of the Mayas and the
Lacandones. Arch. Inst. Am. Rep. of Fellow in Am. Arch., 1902-05, N.Y.
(The quote is cited in Tozzer 1941, ff. 633, as from pp. 153-4).

In "Maya History and Religion," Thompson speculated that "haiyokocab"
was "comparable to the terms _haycabal_ and _haycabil_ used in the Books
of Chilam Balam" (1970: 341).

1) What is the specific etymology and meaning of "haiyokocab"?
2) Is it a typical name for a flood or a name for a special kind of
flood?
3) Was Thompson correct about comparable terms in the Books of Chilam
Balam?
2) Is there any epigraphic evidence for related terms in pre-Contact
literature?

Thanks!

John Hoopes