Ehua (MH839r)

The hieroglyph emphasizes beans (etl). To have beans is to have (-hua) one of the basic necessities of life (food). Hence, this is a possible translation. But the gloss is ambiguous. The expression might be a phonetic indicator for ehua (he departs, or he is brave and rebels), yehua (a little while ago), or yehuatl (he, she, or that person). The letters “e” and “y” often combine intentionally and inadvertently, where, for example, “e,” “eyi,” and “yei” can all mean “three.” In various examples below, where beans (etl) are elements in hieroglyphs, their use is often phonetic (simply -e-).