Tlahua (MH661v)

Tlahua (MH661v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlahua (“He Has Abundance,” attested here as a man’s name) shows the face of a male in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. Close to his mouth and chin is a cup with what may be steam or foam rising up above the rim.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Perhaps the glyph involves a cup of chocolate, something that could convey abundance and wealth. Octli (pulque) also typically has bubbles or foam coming up from the cup. Alternatively, the substance coming out of the cup could represent food, perhaps suggesting the person will never go hungry.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego.tlavan.

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

Diego Tlahua

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
Syntax: 
possessive suffix (-hua)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Beverages (incl. alcohol)
Chocolate, Cocoa, Cacao
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Pottery, Earthenware
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

poseer, abundancia, comida, bebida, chocolate, nombres de hombres

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

tla- (prefix pointing to abundance), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tla-1
-hua (possessive singular), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tiene Algo, o Tiene Abundancia (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 661v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=403&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
intrusive "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Huelic (MH564v)

Itencahual (MH577v)

Tlaaquil (MH526v)

Chiyauh (MH521r)