pintic (MH571r)

pintic (MH571r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element pintic (something small, something pointed) has been taken from the personal name glyph, Tzapinco (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
adjective
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
pointed (see also spiky)
vertical, upright
profile view
facing right
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

pintic, something small, something pointed, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pintic
tzapinia, to prick someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzapinia
-tic, a suffix for adjective-like substantives, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tic-0

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 571r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=221&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).

See Also: 

Tzapinco (MH571r)