Tlepitz (MH835r)

Tlepitz (MH835r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tlepiz (perhaps “He Fans the Flames”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a thin horizontal rope (which could fit the adjective pitzactic), painted red, with thin red flames (tletl, fire) coming off of it, going in the direction of the viewer’s right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The name is apparently short for tlepitza, to blow on a fire. The rope is therefore probably a phonetic complement.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

jacobo tlepiz

Gloss Normalization: 

Jacobo Tlepitz

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
phrase or sentence
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Rope, cord
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
red
Keywords: 

sogas, fuego, avivar las llamas, nombres de hombres

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

Tletlepitzac, a man’s name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tletlepitzac
tle(tl), fire, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tletl
tlepitza, to blow on the fire, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlepitza
pitzactic, long and thin like a rope, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pitzactic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Aviva Las Llamas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 835r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=744&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: 
"z" for tz
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlechi (MH828v)

Tlehualan (MH834r)