Pacyotl (MH908r)

Pacyotl (MH908r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Pacyotl (perhaps “Weft of Fabric” or “Joy”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a horizontal twisting object, rounded at both ends. This might be a rolled piece of fabric that is tied at each end. Perhaps the name is literal pacyotl, fabric weft), but perhaps this object is a phonetic indicator for joy, which is another meaning for pacyotl.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

po pacyotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Pacyotl

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 possibilities
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Emotions
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
horizontal
striped
tied, bound, or bundled
twisted or entwined
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres

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

pacyo(tl), the weft of fabric or joy, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pacyotl
pac(tli), pleasure or joy, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pactli
-yo(tl), having the nature of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Trama de Tela, o Alegría

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 908r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=886&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Pactli (MH711r)