Mopipiloa (MH771r)

Mopipiloa (MH771r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mopipiloa (perhaps "Hanging Down") is attested here as a man's name. It seemingly shows a profile view of an apparatus with three hooks. At the end of each hook is a ball. The way it the apparatus is turned, the hooks are hanging down (mopipiloa).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This might be an imported piece of technology, or it might not be what it appears to be.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā.mopipiloūa

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Mopipilohua

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: 
reflexive ("no" or "mo")
reduplication (in gloss/text)
reduplication (visual)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
facing right
profile view
tripartite
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

tecnología, ganchos, ser colgado, pescar, atrapado en un anzuelo, nombres de hombres

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

mopipiloa, to be hung on a hook, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mopipiloa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Ser Colgado de un Gancho

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 771r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=616&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: 
intrusive "u"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Mopipiloa (MH784v)