Huelicuac (MH878v)

Huelicuac (MH878v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Huelicuac (perhaps “Right At That Moment”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, facing the viewer’s right. His black hair seems to fly backwards, as though he were in a hurry. The name seems to be a reference to time (such as “at that moment” or “right then”). But one wonders whether the implication is that he was a person who was “on time,” having rushed to get somewhere.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This name could be spelled Huel Icuac, as it involves two words (huel, an intensifier, and icuac, “when”). For another expression about time, see Cuelachic below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juo huelicuac

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Huel Icuac

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: 
adverb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

adverbios, a tiempo, puntual, exacto, preciso, en ese momento, nombres de hombres

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

huel icuac, at that moment, right then, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huel-icuac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Precisamente en Ese Momento

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 878v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=829&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: 
"q" for c
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuelachic (MH639v)