Tetlamach (MH687v)

Tetlamach (MH687v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or occupation Tetlamach (perhaps “He Arbitrates for People”) is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows a vertical stone (tetl), as the phonetic indicator that the name or occupation starts with Te-. The stone has its typical curling ends. Inside the stone is a flower with five petals.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The meaning of the flower requires further research. A similar glyph in this collection, Tetlamachti (perhaps “He Preaches” or “He Teaches”) shows a stone (tetl) with an open book over it–a semantic indicator for preaching or teaching. See below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Juā tetlamach

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:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Education, Knowledge, Wisdom

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Writing, Literacy

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inward (from outside in)

Keywords:

arbitrar, administrar, o distribuir cosas, predicar, enseñar, flores, oficios, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

te-, nonspecific human object prefix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/te
te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl
tlamachia, to arbitrate, administer, or distribute things to people (with te-), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlamachia
tetlamachtiani, one who enriches, glorifies, or gives spiritual guidance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetlamachtiani
tlamachtia, to preach, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlamachtia-0
tlamachtiā, to teach, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlamachti%C4%81-1
temachti, a teacher, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temachti

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Él Arbitra Por la Gente

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 687v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=455&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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