Chalan (MH744v)

Chalan (MH744v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Chalan (“Talkative Person”) is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows what is probably a ceramic bowl with four legs, and it is brimming over with small circles that have a dot in the middle of each one, like beads. Coming from the tribute payer’s mouth are four speech scrolls, two curling upwards and two curling down. These scrolls go up to the bowl. Together, these are semantic indicators of the elements that the verb chalani comprises, which can refer to the sound of breaking ceramics. The verb can also refer, however, to a person who talks more than usual, and that may well be the meaning here.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The bowl and its contents require further investigation. Other examples of Chalan appear below, along with Chachalaca and Chachalacatl, which refer to chatter.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

andres challa

Gloss Normalization: 

Andrés Chalan

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: 
verb
visible sound
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Ceramics, Pottery
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
volute(s)
profile view
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
Keywords: 

ruido, sonido, cerámica quebrando, hablar mucho, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

chalani, to talk a lot, or the sound breaking ceramics make, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalani

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Hablador

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 744v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=567&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).

Orthography: 
"ll" for l
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Chalan (MH555r)

Chalan (MH796v)

Chachalaca (MH541v)

Chachalacatl (MH712r)