Chalan (MH796v)

Chalan (MH796v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chalan (perhaps "Talkative Person") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph is a cluster of five speech scrolls. They emerge from the taxpayer himself, not from a separate head (which can be the case). The rise up and out, and the ends curl under. The considerable number of volutes may tie in with the meaning of the verb chalani, to talk a lot (or for falling dishes to make a loud noise).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

aol challā

Gloss Normalization: 

Alonso 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: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
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: 
facing right
profile view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
volute(s)
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres, hablar mucho, hablador, locuaz, volutas

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

chalani, to speak a lot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalani

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Hablador

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 796v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=667&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: 
intrusive "i"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Chalan (MH555r)

Motocamaca (MH694v)