Maquichitoa (MH670v)

Maquichitoa (MH670v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Moquichitoa (“He Boasts That He is a Good Warrior”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows five speech scrolls emitted by the tribute payer. To the right of these volutes is what looks like a vertical paddle, but it must be something relating to warriors or men (oquichtli).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

right to left

Keywords:

guerreros, hablar, alardear, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

moquichitoa, to brag that one is a brave warrior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/moquichitoa
itoa, to speak, to say, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itoa
oquich(tli), man, manliness, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/oquichtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Se Jacta de Su Destreza Como Guerrero

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 670v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=421&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).

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