Tocaye (MH840v)

Tocaye (MH840v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tocahe (perhaps “Famous Person”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a vertical, narrow piece of paper with four horizontal rows of 3-4 hatch marks that suggest writing.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The possessive suffix -e supposedly only goes on the end of a noun that ends in a consonant. But Molina also has a term, tocaye, which seems to be tocaitl (name) with a possessive suffix. In lieu of “y” there is an “h” here. Siméon (1977, 709) also gives tetoca to refer not just to a name but also to a signature. Might this explain the visual of a piece of paper with writing on it? Or is a person with fame someone who appears in documents? Another glyph on this same page is “Antocahe” (perhaps intending Atocaye?) shows a whirlpool of water and a descent of water How this relates to Tocaya, if at all, is unclear.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peo. tocahe

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Tocaye

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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Paper
Writing, Literacy
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
shading and parallel line hatching
Keywords: 

escrituras, papeles, nombres de hombres

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

toca(itl), a name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tocaitl
-e (possessive suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/e-0
tocaye, a peson with a name, fame, honor, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tocaye

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Persona Que Tiene un Nombre, Fama

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 840v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=755&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: 
intrusive "h" or "hu"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Amatlacuilol (MH522v)

Cuentlacuilol (MH487v)

Tlilacatzin (MH716r)