Challi (MH775v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Challi ("Jade" or "Introduced"), is attested here as a man's name. It is the same sign as (chalchihuitl), which also means jade. The sign consists here of five circles--a large one in the middle and four smaller ones radiating around the big one. The large one has a tiny circle in the middle of it, making it look like a jade bead. Interspersed around and between the four perimeter circles are dots, which add a radiance to the gem. These dots could also call forth xalli (sand, and a near homophone for this name).
Stephanie Wood
If the person’s name is not meant literally to be jade/green stone, then perhaps these visuals are phonetic indicators for the verb chalia, to introduce or inaugurate.
Stephanie Wood
peo. challi
Pedro Challi (or Chali)
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
estrenar, inaugurar, jade, chalchihuites, nombres de hombres
chalia, to introduce or inaugurate, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalia
chal(li), jade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/challi
chalchihui(tl), jade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl
xal(li), sand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xalli
Jade, o Estrenado
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 775v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=625&st=image
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