Ayac Icniuh (MH788v)

Ayac Icniuh (MH788v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Ayac Icniuh (“Nobody’s Friend”), shows the head of a man in a ¾ view, looking toward the viewer’s left. His eyes are especially large and his hair is tousled. His appearance may have intended to convey something about why he does not have friends.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This name is reminiscent of the name Ayaquica (or Ayac Ica, "With Noone" or "Alone"). See some examples, below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

possessive pronoun

indefinite "ayac"

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Emotions

Family, Kinship, even Friendship

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:

profile view

3/4 view

facing left

Keywords:

sin amigos, falta amistad, solito, solitario, triste, vulnerable, nombres de hombresz

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ayac, no one, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayac
icniuh(tli), friend, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icniuhtli
i-, third person singular possessive, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/i

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Sin Amigos

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 788v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=651&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:

"b" for p or f

"p" for b, u, or v

Historical Contextualizing Image: