Tecuani (MH648r)

Tecuani (MH648r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecuani ("People-Biter" or "Wild Animal") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a profile view of the head of a ferocious wild animal in profile and facing right. The animal's eye is open, his red tongue protrudes, and his sharp teeth are very visible. His coat is spotted like a jaguar's.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Jaguar is often the contemporary translation for tecuani. An occupation for this man named Tecuani appears in the gloss. He is a tecpanpixqui, a guardian over twenty tribute payers (taxpayers).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Antonio teguani tepapixgui

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Tecuani, tecpanpixqui

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
spotted or mottled
Keywords: 

animales silvestres y feroces, nombres de hombres

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

tecuani, ferocious wild animal, literally one that bites people, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuani
cua, to eat or to bite, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Bestia Feroz y Salvaje (y muchas veces se refiere al jaguar)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 648r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=378&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
dropped "c"
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tecuani (Mdz13v)

tecuani (Mdz34r)

Tecuanchoca (MH510r)

tecuani (MH503r)