Tlile (MH664r)

Tlile (MH664r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlile ("Possessor of Black" or perhaps "He Has Black Ink") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph is a round black spot, suggesting a drop of ink (tlilli) that is possessed (-e or -eh, with the glottal stop). There is a white border around the black spot. The possessive suffix is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This circle–filled in with black and having a white border–looks much like glyphs for a rubber ball (olli, see below). So, if the reference is not to ink, perhaps the possessor of “black” refers to someone with a rubber ball.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
possessive pronoun
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Rubber
Writing, Literacy
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Keywords: 

negro, poseedor, tinta, hule, nombres de hombres

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

tlil(li), black ink, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlilli
-e, possessor suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/e-0
tlile, one who possesses the color black, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlile

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Poseedor de Negro

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 664r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=408&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: 
"ll" for l
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlile (MH544r)

Tlilhua (MH630v)

Tlilpotonqui (MH775v)

Tlilpotonqui (MH647r)

olli (Mdz16r)

olli (Mdz55r)

olli (Mdz13r)