Nochhuetl (MH649v)

Nochhuetl (MH649v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This red and white painting of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nochhuetl (perhaps "Ideal Bean") is attested here as a man's name. The visual is a fruit (nochtli) of the nopal cactus. This serves as a phonetic indicator. The huetl part of the name is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

In another glyph for Nochhuetl the cactus fruit is paired with a huehuetl drum. In another example, the person with the name has wrinkles on his face to suggest huehue (elder). Both of these are apparently just phonetic indicators for the -huetl suffix on the name and do not make a semantic contribution.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā nochhuetl

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Nochhuetl

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 logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Food, Eating, Cooking

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

cactos, fruitas, tunas, nopales, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Nochhuetl, a name, perhaps meaning "ideal bean," https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nochhuetl
noch(tli), prickly pear cactus fruit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Frijol Ideal

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood, drawing from Claassen and Ammon (2022)

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 649v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=381&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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