Tecocohuatl (MH775r)

Tecocohuatl (MH775r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tecocohuatl (perhaps "Someone in Pain") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a (left) hand holding a (presumably wooden) club or stick with a round knob at the bottom. This may be a semantic representation of the ability to cause pain.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

gaspar . tecocohuatl

Gloss Normalization:

Gaspar Tecocohuatl

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:

hua (grasping hand)

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Health, Medicine

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

vertical, upright

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

dolores, enferma, enfermedades, tener dolor, causar dolor, agarrar, palos, garrotes, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cocoa, to feel pain or to cause pain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocoa
tecoco, to cause pain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecoco
hua, possession, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua
Tecocohua, someone who is ill or in pain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecocoatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él Que Tiene Dolores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 775r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=624&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: