Ohuaton (MH607v) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Ohuaton (MH607v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ohuaton ("Fresh Little Maize Stalk") is attested here as a man's name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

martin ohuato

Gloss Normalization:

Martín Ohuaton

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

Syntax:

diminutive (in gloss/text)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Children, Childhood, Adolescence

Food, Eating, Cooking

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

size (relative, intentional)

vertical, upright

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

maize, corn, plants, plantas, maíz, pequeño, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ohua(tl), green maize stalk, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ohuatl
iton, appelative of endearment for a child, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iton
-ton-, diminutive, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ton

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Pequeña Caña de Maíz Verde

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 607v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=297&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:

ohuatl (Mdz37r)