tlami (MH532r)

tlami (MH532r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph tlami (the verb, to die) doubles as the personal name glyph Coyotlami (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Death, decay, decomposition
Feathers
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

muerte, death

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

tlami, end, finish, perish, die, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlami

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 532r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=143&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).

See Also: 

Coyotlami (MH532r)