saqil

K'iche'
FWOTD – 9 September 2019

Etymology

saq (“white; bright”) + -il (“nominalizing suffix”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saːˈqʰiːl/

Noun

saqil

  1. light
  2. clarity
  3. 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]
  4. whiteness
  5. wisdom
  6. resplendence
  • 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
  1. 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
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