Chachalaca (MH878r)

Chachalaca (MH878r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chachalaca (“He Chatters Like a Bird” or “He Gossips”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the face of a man in profile, looking the viewer’s right. Two simple speech scrolls come out of his mouth, both curling downward. These are a reference to the verb, chachalaca (to chatter like a bird or to gossip), which is the person’s name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Chalan is a similar name (“Talkative Person”) with similar visual elements (see below). The glyphs vary considerably, with the exception that they all use speech scrolls.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

feriçino chachallaca

Gloss Normalization:

Feliciano Chachalaca

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

phrase or sentence

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Personality, Behavior

Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition, Languages

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

volute(s)

Keywords:

talks a lot, speaks, habla mucho, hablar, locuacidad, chismear, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chachalaca, to chatter like a bird or to gossip, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chachalaca-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él Parlotea Como un Pájaro, o Chismea

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 878r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=828&st=image.

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

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