Tlapayauh (MH593r)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tlapayauh ("Heavy Rain" or “It Has Rained Lightly for a Long Time,”) attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of the glyph for rain (quiyahuitl), which is a triangle with the point down, lines of current to show movement in the water, and a droplet or bead at the end. This sign is surrounded by even smaller circles, seemingly suggesting the concept of a light rain (and tlapayahui is the relevant verb), compared to quiyauhuitl (rain, or heavy rain).
Stephanie Wood
domīgo tlapayauh
Domingo Tlapayauh
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
rain, lluvia, drops, gotas, gotitas
quiyahui(tl), the rain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quiyahuitl
tlapayahu(itl), heavy rain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapayahuitl
tlapayahui, to rain lightly for a long time, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapayahui
Llovía Ligeramente Por Mucho Tiempo
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 592v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=264&st=image
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