Ami (MH631v)

Ami (MH631v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Ami ("Hunt") shows a horizontal arrow (mitl) piercing a small whirlpool of water (atl). The water serves a phonetic function, identifying the start to this verb, ami (to hunt). The arrow serve both a phonetic (mi-) and a semantic function, pointing to the vert "to hunt" (ami).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juā
ami

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Ami

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Hunting and Fishing
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
diagonal or angled
facing right
horizontal
bird's eye view
profile view
pointed (see also spiky)
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
right to left
Keywords: 

water, agua, arrows, flechas, remolino

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

a(tl), water , https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
mi(tl), arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Agua-Flecha

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 631r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=345st=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: 

atl (MH501v)

ameyalli (T2680:19:9r)

Mihua (MH527r)

Milpolco (T1735:2:109)

Ami (MH833v)