Tlaneuh (MH831r)

Tlaneuh (MH831r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlaneuh (“Something Borrowed”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a hand holding up a piece of clothing, tied at the top. It is somewhat larger than the hand. It has folds that give it a three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The root of tlaneuhtli would seem to contain the syllable "hua," and this could possibly be suggested by the hand holding the object in question. If so, perhaps this is a compound glyph. A grasping hand can provide the phonetic and semantic value of the syllable, as identified by Alfonso Lacadena (2008) and supported in the findings of other scholars, such as Juan José Batalla Rosado. Other borrowed items appear to be a plate, a necklace, and two skirts (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anto tlaneuh

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Tlaneuh

Gloss 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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
three-dimensionality
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

restar, prestado, ropa, tela, textiles, nombres de hombres

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

tlaneuh(tli), something borrowed, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaneuhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cosa Prestada

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 831r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=736&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlaneuh (MH640r)

Cozcatlaneuh (MH659r)

Cuetlaneuh (MH581v)

Cuetlaneuh (MH641r)