Tecuani (MH732r)

Tecuani (MH732r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Tecuani (literally, "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 animal in profile and facing left. The animal's eye is open, his mouth is open, and large teeth protrude.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Jaguar is often the contemporary translation for tecuani, and most glyphs show animals that look like jaguars. Ocelotl is another name for jaguar, and glyphs of the ocelotl are very similar to glyphs for the tecuani.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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"
verb
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
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
Keywords: 

jaguares, 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
te-, nonspecific human object prefix (people, or someone), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/te

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Animal Silvestre, o Jaguar

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 732r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=542&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: 
See Also: 

tecuani (MH503r)

Tecuani (MH648r)

Tecuanchoca (MH510r)

tecuani (Mdz34r)

tecuani (Mdz13v)

ocelotl (Mdz52r)

Ocelotl (MH648r)