Tenotzqui (MH788r)

Tenotzqui (MH788r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tenotzqui ("The Summoner") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a part of a face with open lips (tentli), providing the phonetic start to the name (Te-). Emerging from the mouth are three speech scrolls, curling downward at the ends, meant to convey that the person is calling or summoning (involving the verb notza).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Speech scrolls that come out of a human mouth (also, for instance, from an eagle's beak) can represent a range of vocabulary, including: tlatolli (word), itoa (to speak), tzatzi (to announce), motenehua (aforementioned), nahuatl (language, or a pleasant sound), chalani (to speak a lot), and cuica (to sing). This list is not exhaustive.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ant^o tenotzq~

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Tenotzqui

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)

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Keywords:

nombres de hombres, hablar, volutas, palabras, boca, labios, anunciar, llamar

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tenotzqui, one who summons or calls for people, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenotzqui
tenotzani, one who speaks, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenotzani
notza, to call, summon, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/notza

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 788r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=650&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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