Ilcahualoc (MH782v)

Ilcahualoc (MH782v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Ilcahualoc (perhaps “Long Forgotten”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a man’s head in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. This may be a semantic reference to someone left behind. A large hand hovers to the left of this human head. The hand may be a phonetic indicator for the “hua” in the middle of the name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This is a somewhat rare name in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco. Below are two examples of the name Cahualoc (“Abandoned”). One has a head and a hand, much like this glyph. Being left or abandoned has some association with widows and widowers, but there may be more to the concept. With ilcahualoc, being abandoned for a long time apparently results in being forgotten. The “il-” start to the term may be shared with ilhuitl (day), bringing a temporal dimension to being left.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

mīn ilcaualoc

Gloss Normalization:

Martín Ilcahualoc

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:

verb

passive tense

preterit tense

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

olvidar, dejar, dejado, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ilcahualoc, forgotten for a long time, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ilcahualoc
Ilcahualtia, to make someone forget something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ilcahualtia
cahua, to leave, abandon, relinquish, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cahua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Olvidado Por Mucho Tiempo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 782v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=639&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:

"u" for hu

dropped "h"

Historical Contextualizing Image: