choca (TR41v)
This example of iconography shows an elite man crying, which we are including here as an example of the Nahuatl verb choca, to cry. The man is shown seated, with his knees up under his chin, a white cape with red trim tied at his shoulder, and the belt of a white loincloth just visible behind him. He sits in profile, facing the viewer's left. His hair is black and his skin tone is brown. White spurts of water (tears) come from his eyes.
Stephanie Wood
Other examples of people crying appear below. The Cahuallan example from the Codex Mendoza is most similar to this example, with the atl (water) hieroglyph representing the tears. Most of the other examples below show a more European stylistic for tears, with lines running down the cheeks.
Stephanie Wood
ca. 1550–1563
Jeff Haskett-Wood
cries, cry, crying, llorar, llorando, llora, lágrimas, tears
choca, to cry, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/choca
llorar
Stephanie Wood
Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 41 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f108.item.zoom
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