Tlilpotonqui (MH857r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlilpotonqui is attested here as a man's name. It shows two pieces of cord or the like, twisted or entwined with one another. It is reminiscent of malinalli in appearance, but the connection is elusive.
Stephanie Wood
Most tlilpotonqui glyphs show objects that are black (given the start of the name, Tlil-), and yet this one does not.
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pao tlilpotoqui
Pablo Tlilpotonqui
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
black, negro, feathers, plumas, olor, huele, sacerdotes, frijol, nombres de hombres
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tlilpotonqui, a personal name, a title, a priest who wore a feather adornment, or a rare bean, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlilpotonqui
tlil(li), black color, soot, ink,, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlilli
potonqui, dusty or stinky, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/potonqui
(objeto ritual de plumas negras apestosas)
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 857r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=403&st=image
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