tehuitzio (FCBk10F33r)
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.
Stephanie Wood
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.
Stephanie Wood
Teuitzio:
tehuitzio
Stephanie Wood
1577
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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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
Stephanie Wood
Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_10615?/sp=40&st=image
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