Malin (MH772v)

Malin (MH772v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Malin (perhaps "Twisted" or "Captive") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows what may be a piece of grass bent over and twisted, from the verb malina, to twist. Another option would be "captive" from the noun malli, which is what the gloss suggests. If it is the latter, then the twisted grass serves as phonetic indicator.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

mī malli

Gloss Normalization: 

Martín Malin

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
twisted or entwined
Keywords: 

textiles, torcido, torcer cordel, cordeles, nombres de hombres

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

malina, to twist, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/malina

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Torcido

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 772v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=619&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: 
"ll" for l
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Malin (MH831v)

Malinal (MH595r)

malinalli (Mdz16r)

malinalli (Mxnus26)

Malinalocan (T1735:2:109)