Nieto (MH720v)

Nieto (MH720v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This painted drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nieto (a borrowed surname from Spanish that once meant grandson) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows three (eyi) beans (etl), which seem to provide the vowels in the middle of this name. The squiggly lines surrounding the beans have yet to be deciphered.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for examples of other Spanish surnames taken by Nahua men. On this same folio of the MH (720v), the elite Nahua men at the top have the Spanish surnames Alvarado and Osorio.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

SoJeph nieto

Gloss Normalization: 

Joseph (Josef or José) Nieto

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: 
simplex or element as phonogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Family, Kinship, even Friendship
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

nombres de europeos, nombres de hombres nahuas

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

e(tl), beans, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/etl
eyi, three, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/eyi

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Nieto

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 720v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=519&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: 
"s" for j
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

de Gante (MH732v)

de Gante (MH855r)

de Gaona (MH622r)

de Guevara (MH737r)

de Pomar (MH753r)