Tlamayo (MH832v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlamayo (perhaps "Having the Chracteristics of a Wise Man") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph is a large stellar or starry eye, typically used to represent the wise one, Tlamauh, which is a name very close to this one. We are reading the -yo ending to come from -yotl, having the characteristics of.
Stephanie Wood
While the -yo suffix could also attach to the noun tlama (healer), making this name somewhat different, it is unlikely given the visual representation of the name here. The glyph for a physician or healer is usually a ceramic pot that has instruments showing at the top of the jug.
Stephanie Wood
juā tlamayo
Juan Tlamayo
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
sabios, curanderos, curanderas, ojos, nombres de hombres
tlamauh, wise one, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlamauh
tlama, physician, healer, curandera/o, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlama-1
-yotl, having the nature of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yotl
Él Que Tiene las Características de un Sabio
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 832v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=739&st=image
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