Xochtlanequi (MH634r)

Xochtlanequi (MH634r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochitlanequi (perhaps "Flower-Wish") is attested here as a man's name. The translation requires further thought, but the two visuals are a flower (xochitl) and a mouth with teeth (tlantli). Surprisingly, a large tongue protrudes from the mouth that is meant to emphasize the teeth.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

xuchitlaneq~

Gloss Normalization:

Xochitlanequi

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

rectangular

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

right to left

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
tlan(tli), tooth, teeth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlantli
tlanequiliz(tli), a will or a wish, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlanequiliztli
nequi, to want, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nequi

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 634r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=350st=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:

"u" for o

Historical Contextualizing Image: