Yehuatl (MH833v)

Yehuatl (MH833v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Yehua is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a man's head. It may refer to "yehuatl," that person.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The transcription and translation of the gloss still require some work. See several options in the dictionary field. The frontal view is not used with just anyone, so this might be taken into account. Also, this glyph compares very favorably with Tlamaca (see below), which means that "Yehua" (from yehuatl) may make the most sense.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā heo va

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Ehua

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

sirviente, aquel, nombres de hombres

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

yehua(tl), that one, he, it, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yehuatl
ehua(tl), skin, bark, leather, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehuatl
ehua, to rise and depart, or get up, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehua
eohua, the impersonal of the verb ehua, we leave, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/eohua

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 833r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=741&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).

Orthography: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
intrusive "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlamaca (MH499r)