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

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)
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): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

eyes, ojos, malévolo

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

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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

ixtli (MH484v)