Aquia (MH884v)

Aquia (MH884v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Aquia (“To Dress”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, facing the viewer’s right. He is “wearing” water around his neck and flowing down in three short streams to perhaps waist height. The collar around his neck is what brings to mind the verb to wear or to dress (aquia). The water (atl) is a phonetic indicator that the verb starts with A-. The water has lines of current (movement), and each stream has a droplet or bead at its lower end.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juo aquia

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Aquia

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
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

agua, vestido, camisa, nombres de hombres

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

aquia, to wear or to dress (among other meanings), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aquia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Vestirse, or Llevar (Ropa)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 884v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=841&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).

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