Yohual (MH831r)

Yohual (MH831r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Yohual (perhaps “Nighttime”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a plant with spiky leaves and curling fluffy blossoms, almost identical to the ohuatl (a green maize stalk) on MH831v. Ohua could be considered as quasi homophone for yohual and therefore a phonogram.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

There is a yohualxochitl (“nocturnal flower”), but it apparently grows on a tree. Other examples of glyphs for the personal name Yohual tend to feature round shapes painted black, apparently representing the night sky.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

mīn yoval

Gloss Normalization: 

Martín Yohual

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: 
homophony, rebus
personal name
phonetic possibilities
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

plantas, maíz, flores, noche, nombres de hombres

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

yohual(li), nighttime, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/
yohualxoch(itl), nocturnal flower on a tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yohualxochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Noche

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 831r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=736&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
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Yohual (MH488r)

Yohual (MH503r)

Yohual (MH568v)

Yohual (MH618v)