Malin (MH831v)

Malin (MH831v)
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 twisted grass (two pieces entwined), 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: 

alo. māli

Gloss Normalization: 

Alonso 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: 
noun(s)
verb
visible movement
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
frontal view
twisted or entwined
vertical, upright
woven
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres, hierba retorcida

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

malinal(li), twisted grass, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/malinalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Retorcido o Cautivo (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 831v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=737&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: 
dropped "n"
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Malin (MH772v)