Mocalitzoman (MH527r)

Mocalitzoman (MH527r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Mocalitzoman (here, attested as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a building or house (calli), represented by the wooden beams framing the entrance. The roof, which is unusual with its thatching or planks and three short curving lines at front and center, may call to mind "hair" (tzontli) for the building. The start of the name, Mo-, which seems to be a second person singular possessive pronoun ("Your"), is not represented visually, nor is the third-person singular possessor pronoun, -i-. The -man suffix (perhaps from mani, to be located, to extend, does not appear visually. As a suffix, -mani (often shortened to -man) can also mean "in the manner of."

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Once again, this is a name that appears to begin with "Your," perhaps here with the effect of "Your House's Hair Extends Out" or "In the Manner of Your House's Hair." For other examples of the "Your" pronoun at the start of a name, see below. Sometimes the Mo- start to a name is actually a reflexive pronoun added to a verb.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o mocaliçomā

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Mocalizoma

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

possessive pronoun

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood and Daniel Chayet

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

frontal view

pointed (see also spiky)

triangular

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

houses, casas, buildings, edificios, roofing, techado, techo

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

mo-, your, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mo
cal(li), house or building, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calli
tzon(tli), hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli
-man, extends over, a locative, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/man
mani, to be, to extend, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani
-man(i), in the manner of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

"La Cabeza de Tu Casa Se Extiende" (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 527r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=133&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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