Oyohual (MH769v)

Oyohual (MH769v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Oyohual ("Bell," referring to a bell tied to the leg for dancing) is attested here as a man's name. It is a large, round, black object with a slit at the bottom for sound to emerge. It also has a small loop at the top for attaching the bell to a cord that would be tied around the leg.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This bell is unusually round and black, which may suggest that the writer wished to emphasize the O- of the start to this personal name by adding a hint of olli (rubber, which often took the form of a black ball). So, that is a possible phonetic dimension. Even more likely seems to be the desire to convey night (yohualli), which is a near homophone to oyohualli (bell).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

gaspar ohyōvāl

Gloss Normalization:

Gaspar Oyohual

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:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Music, Song, Dance

Names (personal and/or theonym)

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

piernas, campanillas, cascabeles, bailar, guerreros, guerra, música, hule, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

oyohual(li), leg bell for dancing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/oyohualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Campanilla o Cascabel

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 769v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=613&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

intrusive "h" or "hu"

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: