Tecualani (MH771r)

Tecualani (MH771r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecualani (perhaps "Hated Person") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a frontal or 3/4 view of a man's face at an angle. One of his eyes bugs out, and he lacks a lower jaw. The absence of the jaw make the teeth stand out, and they look sharp.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The frontal view of a face was often employed when that face was divine (e.g., teotl and tonalli), sweet (such as children), or somewhat formidable (e.g., cuauhtecolotl). The frontal view here may mean that being "hated" was owing to the person being something of an ogre. Furthermore, the sharp teeth recall the people-eating wild animal (tecuani), a near homophone.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ant^o tequalani

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Tecualani

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:

noun(s)

indefinite "te"

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Emotions

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Teeth Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diagonal or angled

3/4 view

frontal view

Keywords:

odia, detesta, odiado, detestable, aborrecible, feo, aterrador. formidable, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tecualani, a hater or a hated person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecualani
tecuani, ferocious beast, people-biter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuani

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Odiado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 771r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=616&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

"q" for c

Historical Contextualizing Image: