Teixnequitl (MH519r)

Teixnequitl (MH519r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black and white drawing of the compound personal name for Teixnequitl ("He Who Gives People the Evil Eye") shows a human eye with eyebrow and a human (right) hand pointing up to the eye. The eye is open.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This appears to be a noun made from a verb by adding the absolutive ending (-tl). But further research is required. The signaling of something with a pointing finger is important to track. There are other cases where it also coincides with vision.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

antonio teyxneq~tl

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Teixnequitl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

indefinite "te"

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Gestures with hands

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Personality, Behavior

Sensory Perception

Cultural Content, Credit:

José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diagonal or angled

leaf, marquise, pointed oval

pointed (see also spiky)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

eyes, ojo, ojos, malévolo, señalar con el dedo, mapilhuia, mahpilhuia, ver, visión, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

te- (nonspecific human object prefix), someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/te
ixnequi, to give people the evil eye, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixnequi
ix(tli), eye, face, or surface, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli
mapilhuia, to point a finger, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mapilhuia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Echarle a la Gente el Malojo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 519r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=117&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).

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