Chacuil (MH875v)

Chacuil (MH875v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chacuil (perhaps “He Painted”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a chalchihuitl (jadeite or greenstone) bead with four small circles evenly spaced around the perimeter (perhaps for vibrance). Coming up from the precious stone are two volutes, perhaps suggesting a type of speech or some writing/painting (cuiloa). Their curling shapes are typically associated with writing and painting, as well as speaking.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This is the only attestation of the verb chacuiloa, if that is indeed the root of this name, found in this digital collection three years into its making and with over 6K records. It is hoped that more examples will emerge to help advance the decipherment.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

dio. chacuil

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Chacuil

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
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Writing, Literacy
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
volute(s)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

piedras preciosas, hades, chalchihuites, brillo, vitalidad, escribir, pintar, nombres de hombres

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

chalchihui(tl), jade or greenstone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl
cuiloa, to write-paint (verb), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuiloa
icuiloa, to paint/write, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icuiloa
chacuiloa, to paint or to sign, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chacuiloa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Él Pintó

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 875v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=823&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Chalchiuh (MH520r)

Cuicuil (MH770v)

Cuilo (MH497v)

Tetlacuilol (MH686r)

Toztli Icuil (MH498v)