Zacate (MH776v)

Zacate (MH776v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Zacate ("Hay") is attested here as a man's name. The hay (zacatl) is emerging from between human lips (tentli), which are included to serve as a phonetic indicator of the -te ending to the name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

adres . çacate

Gloss Normalization: 

Andrés Zacate

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: 
phonetic dimensions
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
left to right
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

zacate, paja, heno, hierba, nombres de hombres, influencia europea

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

zaca(tl), hay, straw, fodder, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacatl
ten(tli), lips, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tentli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Zacate

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 776v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=627&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

zacatl (Mdz40r)

Zacacatl (MH492v)

Zacacatl (MH507r)

Zacacatl (MH513v)

Zacacatl (MH625r)