Yauhtepec (Mdz24v)
This compound glyph stands for the place name Yauhtepec (modern state of Morelos). It has two elements. At the top is the plant yauhtli, a bundle of flowers with yellow balls at the top, all wrapped in paper and tied, possibly with a sacred cord (see Berdan and Anawalt, Codex Mendoza, 1992, v. 1, 228). The other component is tepetl)f (hill, mountain), which stands in for place or town. The locative suffix (-c) (as given in the gloss) is not shown visually, but it combines with -tepe- to form -tepec, a visual locative suffix meaning "on the hill" or "on the mountain."
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The yauhtli plant has a fragrance similar to anis. It has long been burned in place of incense and in association with the honoring of water deities, as is explained further in our Online Nahuatl Dictionary (see "yauhtli."
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yauhtepec.puo
Yauhtepec, pueblo
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c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest
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hills, mountains, plants, plantas, incienso, deidades de agua
-tepec, on the hill or mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepec
Codex Mendoza, folio 24 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 59 of 188.
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