Tenitz (MH871v)

Tenitz (MH871v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tenitz (perhaps “Cutting Edge of a Blade” or “Black Tern”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a man’s face in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Touching his lips is a thin, vertical obsidian blade. This name may be literal, referring to the sharp edge of the blade, or it may be a phonetic rendering of the bird name. But the use of lip (tentli) is a phonetic indicator for edge.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

If the name really refers to a Black Tern (a bird), then the compound is fully phonographic.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

aol. tenitz

Gloss Normalization: 

Alonso Tenitz

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
phonetic dimensions
phonetic possibilities
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals: Birds
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
vertical, upright
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
left to right
Keywords: 

hojas de obsidiana, borde afilado de un cuchillo, nombres de pájaros, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

ten(tli), lips, mouth, edge, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tentli
itz(tli), obsidian blade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztli
tenitz(tli), the cutting edge of a sharp blade or the name of a bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenitztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Filo de una Hoja Obsidiana, o Charrán Negro

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 871v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=815&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: 

Tenitztlaca (MH810r)