Tetl Ihuicolol (MH519v)

Tetl Ihuicolol (MH519v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the personal name Tetl Ihuicolol (here, attested as a man’s name) shows a vertical stone (tetl) half colored in red. The stone has curling ends and diagonal stripes. The stone is positioned at the end of a curving handle (huicolotl) attached to a blade.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The stone could possess the curved handle, hence the possessive pronoun, "i-." The dictionary refers to the huicolotl as the curved handle of a jar or jug, but the handle here obviously pertains to a tool, and if it is a stone handle, the definition of huicolotl is hereby nuanced. However, the final "l" on the name, which huicolotl would not provide, may well come from huicololli, ancestor, and if this is so, then the stone and handle are there as phonetic indicators. The name would then read "People's Ancestors." Somewhat less likely could be "His Ancestor is a Stone," a full sentence. Assistance with the translation would be appreciated.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

lurenço tetliuicolol

Gloss Normalization: 

Lorenzo Tetl Ihuicolol

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)
phrase or sentence
possessive pronoun
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Family, Kinship, even Friendship
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bent
curving, curvy, curved
diagonal or angled
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl-0
huicolo(tl), a curving handle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huicolotl
huicolol(li), ancestor, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huicololli
i-, possessive, third person singular, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/i
coltic, curved, bent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coltic
col(li), something bent or twisted, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1
coloa, to bend, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coloa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Ancestros de la Gente (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 519v, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=118&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).

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