tetzon (FC10F32v)

tetzon (FC10F32v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the noun tetzon ("offspring"). A stone (tetl) provides the phonetic indicator for the start of the term, te-. It is a vertical stone with curling ends and diagonal stripes. Above the stone is a counter that means the number 400 (tzontli). This is also a phonetic indicator for the second part to the term, -tzon.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The term for beard, tentzontli or tentzon, appears in various glyphs in this database. The two terms, beard (tentzontli) and offspring (tetzontli), are near homophones. Sometimes it is not clear whether a bearded man might really be intended to refer to offspring.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tetzon:

Gloss Normalization: 

tetzon

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1577

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Writing Features: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

offspring, familia, hijos, niños, hijas, niñas

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

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