Quimottili (MH638v)

Quimottili (MH638v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quimottili ("He Saw It"), attested here as a man's name, shows a hand pointing at (and therefore seeing, itta) something. This is a verb in the reverential preterit with a direct object.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

g~motili

Gloss Normalization: 

Quimottili

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: 
verb
preterit tense
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Gestures with hands
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

chalchihuite, joya, collar, collares, cozcatl, mapilhuia, mahpilhuia, señalar con el dedo, nombres de hombres

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

itta, to see, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itta
mapilhuia, to point a finger, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mapilhuia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Lo Vió

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 638v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=359&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: 
"g" for c, q, or x
"t" for tt
Historical Contextualizing Image: