Zaocnen (MH501r)

Zaocnen (MH501r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Zaocnen (possibly, "Useless at This Moment," which is attested here as a man's name) shows a frontal view of the face of a doll or a divine-force image (nenetl), which is the phonetic indicator for -nen (useless). Below that is something that looks like a cup or bowl, apparently meant to convey "zaoc" or "zanoc."

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The visual part of this name, representing Zanoc- or Zaoc-, requires further study. There is a dictionary term in contemporary Eastern Huastecan Nahuatl for zanoc, translated as "only at this moment." Another option to explore is whether the cup represents the beverage pulque (octli), in a phonetic role. See other names involving the negative "nen," below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

miguel
çaocnen

Gloss Normalization: 

Miguel Zaocnen (or perhaps Zan Oc Nen)

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
phonetic dimensions
personal name
Syntax: 
adverb
zan (and zan oc)
ne or nen syllable
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
vertical, upright
Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

flojera, inútil, nombres negativos, nenetl, ídolos, imágenes, fuerzas divinas

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

zan, just, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zan
oc, still, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/oc
zanoc, only at this moment, only now, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zanoc
nen-, in vain, uselessly, for nothing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nen
nene(tl), religious figurine or a doll, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nenetl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

"Inútil en este Momento" (?)

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 501r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=81&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).

Orthography: 
"ç" for z or tz
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Nenca (MH505r)

Nencauh (MH568r)

Nentequitl (MH492v)

Nentequitl (MH543r)

Nentequitl (MH565r)

Zaocnen (MH624v)

Zaocnen (MH630r)

Zaocnen (MH881v)