Coanenemitl (MH857r)

Coanenemitl (MH857r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Coanenemitl (perhaps, “Roaming Serpent”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a snake (coatl) in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. The serpent has one loop in the middle of its body, with its rattler hanging down. Its eye is open, its tongue is protruding, and the tongue is bifurcated. Some hatch marks appear on the snake’s back. The verb, nenemi (to go about) is represented by the addition of two legs with sharp claws onto the serpent.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See a couple of examples of coatl and one involving the verb nenemi, below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

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Syntax: 
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Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

serpientes, víboras, culebras, movimiento, andar, nombres de hombres

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

posiblemente, Serpiente Ambulante

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 857r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=786&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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