Huiya (MH567r)

Huiya (MH567r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Huiya (“He went” or "He Left," attested here as a man’s name) shows two alternating footprints heading upward, suggesting movement. The past tense of the verb is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Footprint glyphs have a wide range of translations. In this collection, so far, we can attest to yauh, xo, pano, -pan, paina, temo, nemi, quetza, otli, iyaquic hualiloti, huallauh, tetepotztoca, totoco, -tihui, and the vowel "o." Other research (Herrera et al, 2005, 64) points to additional terms, including: choloa, tlaloa, totoyoa, eco, aci, quiza, maxalihui, centlacxitl, and xocpalli.

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
phrase or sentence
verb
visible movement
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
facing upward
Keywords: 

footprints, huellas, irse, to leave

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

huiya, went, from verb, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huiya
yauh, to go, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yauh

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Se Fue

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 567r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=213&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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