Xicohua (MH668v)

Xicohua (MH668v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xicohua (“Possessor of Bumblebees”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a bee (xicotli) in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Its wings are slightly raised, its body is striped, its eye is wide open, and three of its legs are visible out in front of its body.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The -hua part of the name (indicating possession) is not shown visually.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego xicoua

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Xicohua

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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)
possessive pronoun
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

abeja, abejorro, posesión, nombres de hombres

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

xico(tli), a large bumblebee or honeybee, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xicotli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tiene Abejorros

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 668v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=417&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: 
"u" for hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Xico (MH483r)

Xico (MH615v)

Xico (MH736r)

Xico (MH843v)

Xicochimalco (TR40r)

Cuauhxico (MH737v)