Ami (MH773v)

Ami (MH773v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ami (“To Hunt”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a vertical stream of water (atl, phonetic for the A- start to the name) with an arrowhead (providing for the -mi ending of the name, from mitl, arrow) at the bottom. The water also has wavy lines of current (movement).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Many glyphs for the personal name Ami are included in this digital collection. Most have a full arrow with a swirl of water at the tip, the opposite of this one. A standout is found on MH833v.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juo anmi

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Ami

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 dimensions
Syntax: 
verb
visual movement
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Hunting and Fishing
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Water
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

cazando, flechas, agua, nombres de hombres

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

ami, to hunt, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ami

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cazar

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 773v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=621&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 "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ami (MH623r)

Ami (MH631v)

Ami (MH634v)

Ami (MH661r)

Ami (MH661r)

Ami (MH833v)