Tochipaina (MH724v)

Tochipaina (MH724v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tochipaina (perhaps “Rabbit Runs Fast”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows the head of a rabbit (tochtli) in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. A line connects the rabbit’s head with two alternating footprints that represent the verb to run fast (paina). The alternation of the right and then the left foot suggests movement across the landscape.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The truncated verb, Pain, is a somewhat common name. A couple of examples appear below. The name Yaopain, which seems to refer to a fast-running warrior, also appears in this collection.

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:

line connecting elements

noun(s)

verb

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Footprint(s), human

Gender (male)

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

Keywords:

correr rápido, conejos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

toch(tli), rabbit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tochtli
paina, to run fast, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/paina

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Conejo Que Corre Rápido

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 724v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=527&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:

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: