huilana (MH513r)

huilana (MH513r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

The image for this element, the verb huilana, to drag, is shared with the compound Tlahuilan, which refers to something that is being dragged (in this case, a horizontal beam, probably a huapalli). The act of dragging involves a rope or cord (probably a mecatl), which is shown here attached to the piece of wood and in what may be a profile view, facing left. The rope or cord seems to be twisted. The way the upper piece of cord is shown coming out from behind the beam creates a three-dimensionality for this glyph.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Rope, cord
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
horizontal
profile view
three-dimensionality
twisted or entwined
Keywords: 

arrastrar, pull, drag, beams, vigas, pulling, jalar, jalando, arrastrando

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

huilana, to go along dragging, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huilana

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

arrastrar

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 513r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=105&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).

See Also: 

Tlahuilan (MH513r)

huilana (MH497v)

huilana (MH558v)

huilana (MH570v)