Ximil (MH881r)

Ximil (MH881r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ximil (perhaps “Grassland”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. Below his chin is what may be a leg with a claw or paw on the end, as though his head is standing on this. Perhaps this is some kind of reference to shaving a beard (ximilia), but this is unclear. If the name is actually a reference to grassland (ximilli), then the reference to shaving would be a phonetic indicator.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

If this is indeed a reference to grassland, the term ximilli combines xiuh- (green grass) with milli (agricultural field). Such a field would have been dependent on rainfall.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

domingo ximil

Gloss Normalization: 

Domingo Ximil

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: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness, and their absence
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

hierbas, sementeras, raer barba, nombres de hombres

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

ximil(li), grassland, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ximilli
ximilia, to shave a beard, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ximilia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Pradera

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 881r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=834&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: 

milli (TR41v)