Teahua (MH840r)

Teahua (MH840r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Teahua (“He Wrangles with People””) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph is a profile view of a man’s head with his mouth open, teeth showing, tongue protruding, and three speech scrolls emerging, curling different directions. He is facing the viewer’s right. His unpleasant expression suggest that he may be arguing (involving the verb, teahua) with someone.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Unpleasant speech is rare in this collection. To speak perversely is here (Chicotlato), and several glyphs show talkative people. See below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pablo teava

Gloss Normalization: 

Pablo Teahua

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)
phrase or sentence
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition, Languages
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

comportamiento, personalidad, nombres de hombres

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

teahua, to wrangle, argue with people, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teahua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Discute

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 840r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=754&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: 

Chicotlato (MH762v)

Chachalaca (MH680v)

Chalan (MH555r)

Chalan (MH796v)