Yaote (MH777r)

Yaote (MH777r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Yaote ("War Captain") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a war shield in black with white trim. This shield often represents the word yaotl (enemy, combatant, or war), although the shape and color of it has evolved considerably from the pre-Hispanic war shields. To the right of the shield and attached to it is an anthropomorphic mouth. The mouth is open, and some teeth are visible. But the reference is to the lips (tentli), a phonetic indicator for the "te" part of the name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Manuel Orozco y Berra (1880) suggests that the name Yaote (also Yaoten) is a "radical de yaotequihua, capitan de guerra, y tambien los verbos yaotachcauhti, y su sinónimo yaoteca, capitanear en la guerra." Thus, we are translating Yaote as "War Captain."

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

gaspar . yaote .

Gloss Normalization: 

Gaspar Yaote (or Yaoten)

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 dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
black & white drawing (no color)
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
frontal view
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
left to right
Keywords: 

fronteras, bordes, enemigos, combatientes, capitanes de guerra, guerreros, nombres de hombres

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

yao(tl), enemy or combatant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotl
ten(tli), lip, edge, border, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tentli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Enemigo-Frontera, o Combatiente-Frontera (_)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 777r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=628&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: 
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Yaote (MH498r)

Yaopipi (MH483r)

Yaopilli (MH647v)

Yaomeca (MH538r)

Yaocal (MH595r)