Ahuilnenqui (MH699v)

Ahuilnenqui (MH699v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ahuilnenqui (perhaps “One Who Lives for Pleasure”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a man’s head in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. He has long hair, grouped in two locks. In front of his face are three footprints, going in three directions. The verb nemi (with a stem of nen-), meaning to live or go about, is a phonetic indicator for the second part of the name. The first part, referring to pleasure (ahuilli) is not obviously indicated by the head of the man with long hair.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The man’s hairstyle somewhat resembles that of the Quetzonpipique.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pedro auilnequi

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Ahuilnenqui

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:

verb

visual plural (multiples of objects)

Writing Features:

undetermined yet

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Footprint(s), human

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bird's eye view

facing right

profile view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Keywords:

icximachiyotl, xocpalli, icxipamitl, huella, huellas, icximachiyotl, xocpalli, icxipamitl, footprints, pelo largo, cabello largo, sacerdotes, chamanes, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ahuil(li), pleasure, play, frivolity, or a joke, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ahuilli
nequi, to want or need, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nequi

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Él Quiere Frivolidad

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 699v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=479&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:

"u" for hu

dropped "h"

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: