saqil
K'iche'
[edit]Etymology
[edit]saq (“white; bright”) + -il (“nominalizing suffix”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]saqil
- light
- clarity
- purity
- c. 1554, anonymous, Popul Vuh, transcribed c. 1701 by Francisco Ximénez, trans. Allen Christenson:
- Ta xquitzihoh ronohel ruq xquiban chic chizaquil qolem, zaquil tzih
- They gave voice to all things and accomplished their purpose in purity of being and in truth [lit. purity of words].[1]
- c. 1554, anonymous, Popul Vuh, transcribed c. 1701 by Francisco Ximénez, trans. Allen Christenson:
- whiteness
- wisdom
- resplendence
Related terms
[edit]- ajsikil saqil (“first days of summer”)
- chi saqil (“in the open; openly”)
- ikim saqil (“sun in June”)
- kiäqal saqil (“bad fortune; witchcraft”)
- saqil k’aslem (“civilization”)
- saqil saqmol (“egg white”)
- saqilal (“light”)
- yupnajik saqil (“to flash on and off”)
References
[edit]- Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary
- ^ Christenson, Allen (2007) Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya: The Great Classic of Central American Spirituality, Translated from the Original Maya Text, University of Oklahoma Press