Teicuilo (MH746r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Teicuilo (perhaps "One Who Carves Stone"), is attested here as a man's name. It a shows a hand and part of the arm, with a decorative sleeve cuff or an arm band. The gloss conveys the sense that this person carves with stone. Perhaps the design on his wrist suggests that he is artistic. This name or occupation comes from the verb, teicuiloa, to carve a design using a stone. Dropping the final -a of the verb, we arrive at the noun for the occupation. It is a construction much like tlacuiloa and tlacuilo.
Stephanie Wood
juan teicuilo
Juan Teicuilo
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
labrar, esculpir, diseños, diseñar, tallar, piedra, oficios, nombres de hombres
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teicuiloa, to use a stone to carve a design, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teicuiloa
tlacuilo, painter, notary, scribe, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacuilo
Tallador, Escultor (que usa piedra)
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 746r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=570&st=image
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