Chichile (GDPO)

Chichile (GDPO)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chichile (“Possessor of Red”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a circle that is filled with red paint.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

To “possess red” may indicate the intention of a name or occupation such as “Painter.” Note some other glyphs below for words that end in the possessive suffix -e preceded by -lli absolutives. In those cases, only one “l” is retained before the -e, as in this case.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
reduplication (in gloss/text)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
red
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
Keywords: 

rojo, tinta, pintura, nombres de colores, nombres de hombres

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

chichil(li), red, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chichilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Rojo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Genealogy and Properties of the Descendants of Ocelotzin, 1580, https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:6d8ad557-0b45-41db-85b...

Image Source, Rights: 

No attribution (artist), Stendahl Art Galleries (Former owner), Huntington Art Galleries (Former owner). Genealogy and Properties of the Descendants of Ocelotzin - University of Texas Libraries Collections. 1580. Public Domain. https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:6d8ad557-0b45-41db-85b...

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

tlatlauhqui (Mdz51r)

Tlapaltototl (MH717r)

Tlapaltecatl (MH522r)

chilli (Mdz13v)

chilli (Mdz37r)

Tlale (MH622v)

Tlile (MH544r)