Teachcauhzolli (MH491v)

Teachcauhzolli (MH491v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Teachcauhzolli (perhaps, "Older Brother in Bad Shape") is attested here as a man's name. The compound consists of two visual elements. One is a horizontal stone (tetl), with its signature curling ends and horizontal stripes of alternating shades. This provides the phonetic start to the name, Te-. The other element is an upright obsidian blade (tecpatl), which does not appear to enter into the name in an obvious way. And, nothing visual points to the final part of the name, -zolli (old). So parts of this glyph require further decipherment.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

matheo teachcauhçolli

Gloss Normalization:

Mateo Teachcauhzolli

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

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

piedras, pedernales, cuchillos, obsidiana, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

teachcauh, older brother or cousin, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teachcauh
-zolli, something old, used, worn, or in bad condition, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Hermano Mayor en Malas Condiciones

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 491v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=62&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:

"ç" for z or tz

"th" for t, d, or gd

Historical Contextualizing Image: