Nemitl (MH664v)

Nemitl (MH664v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nemitl (perhaps “One Who Goes About” or “Walker”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a bird’s eye view of four footprints headed in various directions, suggesting the person moves about. Perhaps this ties in with the additional meaning of the verb, to live, if someone is up and moving about on the Earth.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Nemitl seems to be the verb nemi, to live, with an added absolutive, -tl, making it into a noun. But the usual dictionaries do not define nemitl.

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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Footprint(s), human
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

huellas, movimiento, nombres de hombres

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

nemi, to live; or, to walk, go about, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nemi
Nemitl, a personal name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nemitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Caminante o Caminero

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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tepalnemitl (MH524r)

Icnonemitl (MH638r)

Mauhcanemitl (MH523r)

Huecanemitl (MH488r)