-teca (Verg19r)

-teca (Verg19r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element -teca (affiliation suffix) has been carved from the compound personal name glyph, Tlalteca (see below). The element has two of its own parts. One is the phonetic -te, provided by the lips (tentli). The other is the phonetic -a ending, from water (atl).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Vergara, Codex (Verg)
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Semantic Categories: 
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as phonogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
facing left
profile view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

-teca (affiliation), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teca-0

Image Source: 

Codex Vergara, folio 19r, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f45.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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See Also: 

Tlalteca (Verg19r)

-teca (Verg10r)

-teca (Verg11v)