Tetzauhcihuatl (MH607r)

Tetzauhcihuatl (MH607r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tetzauhcihuatl is attested here as a man's name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
hua (from huahuana, two vertical lines)
noun(s)
indefinite "te"
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Face Paint or Tattoos
Feathers
Gender (female)
Gender (male)
Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
outward (from inside out)
Keywords: 

mujer vieja, hilandera, spinner, nombres de hombres

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

Te- (indefinite pronoun), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/te
tzahua, to spin, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzahua
tetzahui(tl), a foreboding omen, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetzahuitl
cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Mujer Que Hila Para La Gente

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 607r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=296&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tzauhqui (MH536v)

tzauhqui (MH559r)

cihuatl (Mdz38r)