Teci (MH626r)

Teci (MH626r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Teci ("Grandmother" or "Aunt") is attested here as a man's name. It may come as a surprise to Western readers that this is a man's name, but the context shows how this glyph, which is the head of a woman, is attached to the head of the male tribute payer in the census. This glyph refers to an aged woman (whether grandmother, great aunt, or the like), given the lines on her face.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In this database we are tracking men's names that have a female dimension. See this option under Cultural Content in the Advanced Search. Some examples are names with the "nen" syllable, which often seems to refer to female dolls or sculptures of female divnities. A couple of names refer to skirts (cueitl). There is also a considerable range of men's names that start with Cihua-.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

aunts, tías, family, familia, mujeres, nombres de hombres

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

teci, grandmother, great aunt, or aunt, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teci-0
ci(tli), grandmother or aunt, or a hare/jackrabbit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/citli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tía, o Tía Abuela

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 626r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=334&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).

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