Motenehua (MH680r)

Motenehua (MH680r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Motenehua (“Mentioned”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows an animal hide (ehuatl) placed very near the tribute payer’s lips (tentli). The hide has uneven edges, giving it a distinctive shape that could be recognized. The hide also has patches of color, something like an animal skin might have. The Mo- start to the name is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Another glyph in this collection for the personal name Motenehua shows a jumble of speech scrolls emerging from the tribute payer’s mouth. These have a semantic value that refers to speech, and therefore it covers the verb, tenehua, to mention.

Added Analysis, 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: 
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Leather, hides
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
frontal view
facing right
Keywords: 

mencionar, hablar, pieles, animales, labios, nombres de hombres

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

ten(tli), lip, edge, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tentli
ehua(tl), an animal hide, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehuatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Mencionado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 680r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=440&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Motenehua (MH613v)