Pitztli (MH874v)

Pitztli (MH874v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Pitztli (perhaps "Blowing Device" or "Fruit Pit") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph appears to refer to the buccal mask associated with the blowing of wind by the divine force, Ehecatl. This could serve as a semantic hint for the verb pitza, to blow. A pitztli, as the name is glossed, is supposed to be the pit of a piece of fruit. If the glyph does refer to the latter, it is a phonetic indicator.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā pitztli

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Pitztli

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
visible sound
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as phonogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

máscara, mascarilla, boca, soplar, viento, hueso de fruta, nombres de hombres

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

pitza, to blow on something, to play a wind instrument, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pitza
ehecatl, wind, the divine force of wind, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehecatl
matlapitza, to whistle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlapitza
pitz(tli), the pit or stone of a fruit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pitztli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 874v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=820&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: 

Ecatl (MH484r)

Ecatl (MH484v)

Ecatl (MH484v)