Moxochipoloa (MH833r)

Moxochipoloa (MH833r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Moxochipoloa (perhaps "Indulges Himself with Sweets") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a four-petaled flower (xochitl) and a hand reaching for it. This may be a grasping hand such as represents the "hua" phonetic syllable. If so, it is calling to the fore the -oa ending on this name. If the translation is incorrect, and the translation must refer to the destruction of flowers, then perhaps the hand represents a threat.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peo moxochipolova

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Moxochipoloa (or Moxhochipolohua)

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: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Flowers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
facing right
frontal view
profile view
Keywords: 

flores, manos, indulgencia en dulces, reflexivo, nombres de hombres

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

xochipoloa, to indulge in sweets, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochipoloa
xochitl, flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Se Golosinea

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 833r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=740&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Xochipoloa (MH486r)