Ayaquica (MH664v)

Ayaquica (MH664v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Ayaquica (or Ayac Ica, “With No One” or “He is Alone”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a man's head in profile, facing toward the viewer's right and facing downward. Tears stream down his cheeks, which supports a reading of his being emotional, whether he is sad because he is alone or because someone is departed (yaqui).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This name--if deciphered correctly--is a complete sentence whereby the verb (to be) is implied, something very common in Nahuatl alphabetic and hieroglyphic writing. This sentence also includes a preposition (with, ica) and an indefinite pronoun or adverb (no one, ayac). If we consider the ayac to mean "no one is there," then we can consider ayac to be an adverb here. Perhaps it is another way of referring to a widow or a widower.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

tears, lágrimas, tristeza, sadness, alone, solo, solito, solitario, triste, vulnerable, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Nadie Consigo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 664v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=409&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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