ilhuitl (TR1v)

We are including this example of iconography for the word day (ilhuitl, or día de fiesta in Spanish) based on the Spanish-language gloss. It also serves as an excellent comparison for ilhuitl glyphs in this collection. It is a large circle with a multi-colored (red, mustard yellow, light blue) spiral inside. The very middle is white. Around the perimeter are four, evenly-spaced small circles, red, blue, mustard yellow, and green, which add vibrance. This vibrance calls to mind tonalli, another word for day, the sun, and the personal animating force or energy that resides in the head. Between the spiraling and the small dots, the whole effect has movement.