Tlilhua (MH506r)

Tlilhua (MH506r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This painting of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlilhua ("Possessor of Black" or "Possessor of Black Ink," attested here as a man's name) shows a black shape something like a club on modern playing cards. It is upright and rounded, with something of a straight stem at its base.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Since tlilli can mean black ink, the name may refer to a person who has black ink, perhaps a notary or scribe. In his blog from 2014 about naming patterns in the Morelos census of 1544, Magnus Pharao Hansen gives "owner" for names ending in -hua. For example, he translates Tochhua as Rabbit Owner. So this name could be translated as Ink Owner.

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, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
possessive pronoun
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Occupations
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Writing, Literacy
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
Keywords: 

black, negro, ink, tinta

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

tlil(li), black the color, or ink, or soot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlilli
-hua, possessor of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Que Posee Tinta Negra

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 506r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=91&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: 

Mixtlil (MH521v)

Tlilpotonqui (MH518r)

Tlillancalqui (Mdz65r)

Tlilhua (MH499v)

Tlilhua (MH630v)