Teocuitlahua (MH884v)

Teocuitlahua (MH884v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Teocuitlahua (“Possessor of Gold”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph has at least two elements, but the element on the left has yet to be deciphered. It may have something to do with excrement (cuitlatl) or with a divine force (teotl), either of which could serve as a phonetic complement. On the right, however, is a fabric sack or bag, of the type that once held precious things, such as cacao beans or gold (teocuitlatl) coins. The bag of gold connects to the other element by a line. The hua (possessive suffix) is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

One early name for a sack of valuables was the xiquipilli, although this term is not mentioned here. See below for other sacks, such as the one that held the valuable silk seeds (xinachtli seda) or the one that held the supplies needed by a health practitioner (tlamatqui).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o. teocuitlava

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Teocuitlahua

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:

line connecting elements

noun(s)

possessive suffix (-hua)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Metals, Minerals, Mining

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

yellow or golden

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

right to left

Keywords:

bolsas, oro, poseer, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

teocuitla(tl), gold, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teocuitlatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Poseedor de Oro

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 884v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=841&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:

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: