tehuitzio (FCBk10F33r)

tehuitzio (FCBk10F33r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a white and orange drawing of the compound glyph for the noun tehuitzio (a type of nobility for women). It shows a frontal view of a stone (tetl) with a scalloped edge all around and a diagonal stripe across the middle. The bottom half of the stone is a light orange color. Above the stone, coming out of the top or from behind, are five thorns or spines (huitztli). These two elements contribute phonetically to the term. The final syllable, -io, which might descend from the -yotl suffix (having the nature of), is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The contextualizing image shows a woman seated with knees bent and her legs underneath her. She wears the classic hairstyle (neaxtlahualli) and a huipilli (hand-woven blouse). She gestures by raising her left hand, which suggests she has a voice, being the noble woman she is.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Teuitzio:

Gloss Normalization: 

tehuitzio

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)
Date of Manuscript: 

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Children, Childhood, Adolescence
Family, Kinship, even Friendship
Gender (female)
Gestures with hands
Hair (human or animal)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
orange/terracotta
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
diagonal or angled
frontal view
pointed (see also spiky)
segmented
spiky
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tehuitzio, a type of noblewoman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tehuitzio
te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl-0
huitz(tli), thorn or spine, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huitztli
-yotl, having the nature of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yotl

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_10615?/sp=40&st=image

Image Source, Rights: 

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Orthography: 
"u" for hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: