xihuitl (CQ)

xihuitl (CQ)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the word for year (xihuitl) is colored a turquoise blue, because the word for this color (or green, alternatively) can also be xihuitl. The year here is shaped something like an egg, with the small end up.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Date of Manuscript: 

covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

southern Puebla state

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Color names
Plants, Flora
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bell-shaped (upright)
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
oval (see also leaf shaped)
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Keywords: 

years, años, time, tiempo, herbs, hierbas, green things, cosas verdes, xiuhpohualli, turquesa, xihuitl

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

xihui(tl), year, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl
xihui(tl), herbs and greenish things, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el año (y el color de turquesa)

Image Source: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version online. It is not copyright protected.

See Also: 

xihuitl (T1871:1)

xihuitl (Mdz71r)

xihuitl (Mdz7v)

xihuitl (Mdz40r)