Chacalhua (MH883v)

Chacalhua (MH883v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chacalhua (perhaps “He Has Shrimp”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a shrimp coiled into a circle with its legs (pleopods or swimmerets) inside.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See how this example compares to the shrimp from CST24.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

toripio . chacalva

Gloss Normalization:

Toribio Chacalhua

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:

noun(s)

possessive suffix (-hua)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals: Misc.

Food, Eating, Cooking

Gender (male)

Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

Keywords:

camarones, tener, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chalcal(in), a shrimp, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chacalin
-hua (suffix for possession), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Tiene Camarón

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 883v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=839&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).

Orthography:

"p" for b, u, or v

"v" for u, uh, or hu

intrusive period

Historical Contextualizing Image: