Tlacochin (MH651r)

Tlacochin (MH651r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex Nahuatl hieroglyph for the personal name Tlacochin (an older form of tlacochtli), which translates as "Javelin," is attested here as a man's name. It shows two vertical projectiles (tlacochtli, such as arrows, spears, or javelins). These are shorter and thicker than most, and their points are very black, reminiscent of something painted with liquid rubber (olli), and therefore possibly a phonetic complement to -o- in tlacoch.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

diego tlacochi

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Diego Tlacochin

Gloss/Text 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 possibilities

Syntax:

noun(s)

reduplication (visual)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Hunting and Fishing

Names (personal and/or theonym)

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

pointed (see also spiky)

rectangular

Keywords:

flechas, dardas, plumas, nombres de hombres, men's names

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlacoch(tli), a javelin, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochtli
Tlacochin, a name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Flecha o Lanza

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 651r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=384&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:

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: