Molcamani (MH608r)

Molcamani (MH608r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Molcamani ("Like an Undeveloped Corn Cob") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a human hand (maitl, with a phonetic role for the -mani sufffix to the name. The hand is holding an upright cob of corn from the upper tip. The cob has been shed of its husk. There are vague marks suggestive of kernels.

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

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Anatomy, human body parts

Corn, Maize

Food, Eating, Cooking

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

corn cobs, mazorcas pequeñas que faltan desarrollarse, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

molca(tl), undeveloped corn cob, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/molcatl
ma(itl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl
-mani, to be in the manner of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Mazorca de Maíz Sin Desarrollar

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 608r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=298&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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