Matlatlal (MH779r)

Matlatlal (MH779r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Matlatlal is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of an upright (right) hand and part of the forearm. The hand and forearm have spots on them. These spots are reminiscent of signs of cultivation on plots of land (tlalli), but it is unclear whether the -tlal- in this name is indicated phonetically. The term for hand, maitl, represents the Ma- start to the name, but whether semantically and/or phonetically is unclear. The gloss of the name has a reduplication in it, which could refer to an intensification, whether speaking of rubbing (a lot) with the hands or running a lot on all fours. (See the verb possibilities in the dictionary field.)

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Further analysis of the translation of this personal name is required. The verb is a challenge to determine given the apocopation. Another possibility is a reference to a noun, something with an intense blue-green color. The personal name Matlal (or the element Matlal- that is part of a name) appears multiple times in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, and it usually refers to a flower that has this blue-green color.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

angusti. matlatlal

Gloss Normalization:

Agustín Matlal

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:

reduplication (in gloss/text)

verb

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

dotted, granular, textured

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inward (from outside in)

Keywords:

tierras, manos, manchas, frotar, friccionar, correr, azul-verde, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

matlaloa, to rub with the hands, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlaloa
matlatlaloa, to run a lot on all four limbs, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlatlaloa
matlalin, a blue-green color, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/matlalin

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 779r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=632&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:

dropped "n"

intrusive "n"

intrusive period

Historical Contextualizing Image: