Zacamo (MH686v)

Zacamo (MH686v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Zacamo (perhaps “Tills New Soil,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a clump of weeds or grasses (zacatl) and an agricultural tool (probablyl a huictli) with the blade near the plant’s roots. The reference is to the verb zacamoa, to clear and open up new lands for agriculture.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Another similar name is Zacamol (see below), which is an apocopation of the noun, zacamolli.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

matheo zacamō

Gloss Normalization: 

Mateo Zacamo

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood & Jeff Haskett-Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

tierras, agricultura, cultivar, abrir sementeras, nombres de hombres

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

zacamoa, to till new land for agriculture, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacamoa
zacamol(li), ground that has been broken for cultivation, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacamolli
zaca(tl), grasses, weeds, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacatl
mola, to break up (verb), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mola
huic(tli), digging stick, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huictli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 686v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=453&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
"tz" for z
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Zacamol (MH497v)

Zacacatl (MH507r)