Nentequitl (MH660r)

Nentequitl (MH660r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nentequitl (“Labor in Vain”) employs the nenetl (doll, deity image, or woman’s genitals) holding up something in each hand, probably relating to work (tequitl). If so, then this would be a compound glyph. The figurine provides the phonetic syllable "Nen-" (a negative) in the name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pe^o. nētequitl

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Nentequitl

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:

phonetic dimensions

personal name

Syntax:

ne or nen syllable

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as phonogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Labor Issues

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

nombres de hombres, deidades, estatuas, muñecas, esculturas, trabajo, sílabo negativo

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

nenet(tl), doll or deity image, or woman’s genitals, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nenetl
nen, negative syllable, useless or in vain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nen
tequ(itl), work, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Trabajo en Vano, o Trabajador Inútil

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 660r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=400&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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