Mohuitzmana (MH886v)

Mohuitzmana (MH886v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mohuitzmana (perhaps “Thorns Laid Out”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of four thorns or spines, side by side, points upward. A horizontal line runs through all the thorns, linking them together. An alternative reading to the reflexive is the possessive, i.e., perhaps “Your Thorns Laid Out.”

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

A couple of glyphs, below, also involve the verb mana.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

domīgo mohuitz mana

Gloss Normalization:

Domingo Mohuitzmana

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:

line connecting elements

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Blood (human/animal/plant)

Gender (male)

Gifts, Offerings, Sacrifice

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

pointed (see also spiky)

Keywords:

extender, exhibir, ofrecer, espinas, nombre de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

huitz(tli), thorns or spines, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huitztli
mana, to lay out, offer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mana
mo-, pronominal prefix of a reflexive verb, singular or plural, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mo-1
mo- (second-person singular possessive prefix), your, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mo

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Espinas Extendidas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 886v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=845&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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