Aoc Tocniuh (MH489v)

Aoc Tocniuh (MH489v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Aoc Tocniuh features the head of a human being, seemingly a man, shown in profile looking to the viewer's right. His head is nearly bald, and he has tears or wrinkles on his cheeks.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This is a full sentence with the verb implied (typically, with Nahuatl, this is the case): He is no longer our friend. Included in the sentence is a possessed noun and the adverb, no longer. We are tracking the use of possessives and adverbs such as "aoc." Other examples appear below.

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

diego aoctocniuh

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Aoctocniuh

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Aging (People, Animals, Things)

Emotions

Family, Kinship, even Friendship

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

wrinkles

Keywords:

alone, solo, a solas, sin amigos, friendless

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

aoc, no longer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aoc
icniuh, friend, companion, laborer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icniuh
to-, first person plural possessive pronoun, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/node/175783
-to- combined with icnihui, tito-, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/node/172853

Additional Scholars' Interpretations:

"Sin Amigos" is the translation suggested by Baltazar Brito (personal communication 2/17/2023).

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

"Ya No Nuestro Amigo"

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 489r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=58&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: