nemi (MH503v)

nemi (MH503v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element nemi (to go about, to walk around) is a verb that has been carved from the name Icnonemitl. Here, it consists of a bird's eye view of two footprints, heading downward.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Several names in this collection have the component nemitl, and it is typically represented by footprints, which provide the semantic value of the verb nemi (to walk, to go about).

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Footprint(s), human
Movement
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing downward
frontal view
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

footprints, foot prints, footprint, huella, huellas, verb, verbo

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

nemi, to walk, go about, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nemi

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 503v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=86&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).

See Also: 

Icnonemitl (MH503v)

xo (Mdz43r)

pano (Mdz43r)

Pain (MH519r)

quetza (Mdz30r)

Icnonemitl (MH638r)