Amiztlato (MH747r)

Amiztlato (MH747r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Amiztlato (“Leader Among Hunters”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a profile view of the head of a cougar (miztli, and puma in Spanish) looking toward the viewer’s right. Water spews from its mouth much like words might, providing the start ("A-") to the name and suggesting the verb to speak, tlatoa. A leader is one who speaks, the tlatoani (or tlahtoani), which can explain the semantic readings (one who speaks about cougars could be a leader of hunters). But the water is still a phonetic complement.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition, Languages

Water

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

facing right

profile view

shading and parallel line hatching

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Number of Parts, Other / Comment:

One could count the water as both atl and tlatoa (or tlahtoa). If so, then there would be three parts.

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

Keywords:

cazadores, líderes, liderazgo, pumas, hablar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Amiztlato, a leader among hunters, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amiztlato
a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
miz(tli), wildcat, cougar, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miztli
tlatoa or tlahtoa with the glottal stop, to speak, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatoa-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Líder entre Cazadores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 747r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=572&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).

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