Yohualli Yauh (MH600r)

Yohualli Yauh (MH600r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black and white drawing for a woman's personal name, Yohualli Yauh ("She Goes About at Night" or "The Water of the Night"), shows two concentric circles. The inner circle is painted nearly entirely black. White specks in this black area could be inadvertent. This circle seems to suggest night time (yohualli). The verb (yauh, to go)--or possibly the possessed water--is not shown visually. The "yauh" only appears in the gloss.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The Yauh part of the name intend possessed water (i- + atl = yauh). So the translation could be, alternatively, the "Water of the Night." The use of yauh throughout this collection could use further investigation. The conceptualization of the night sky as round with a white band around it is also something to watch, as it looks something like glyphs for rubber (olli).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

luisa yovaliyauh

Gloss Normalization:

Luisa Yohualli Yauh

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

phrase or sentence

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

Keywords:

irse, noche, redondo, oscuro, color negro, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

yohual(li), night, at night, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yohualli
yauh, goes or leaves, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yauh

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Sale de Noche

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 600r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=279st=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:

"l" for ll

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: