Temocihui (MH896r)

Temocihui (MH896r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Temocihui (perhaps “Annoying Person”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a human eye with an eyebrow and three tears streaming down from the eye, showing emotion. Perhaps the intention is to imply that an annoying person (temocihui) has insulted or drawn pity from the person who is crying.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

There are several glyphs in this digital collection that show anger or sadness. See some examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

matheo temocihui ycnooq~chtli

Gloss Normalization:

Mateo . Temocihui, icnooquichtli

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Emotions

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Keywords:

personas importunas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

temocihui, an importunate person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temocihui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Persona Importuna

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 896r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=864&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).

Orthography:

"th" for t, d, or gd

"y" for i

intrusive period

Historical Contextualizing Image: