Iyaqui (MH647r)

Iyaqui (MH647r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Iyaqui, "Young Distinguished Warrior," is attested here as a man's name. The glyph includes three human footprints coming away from a man's face and heading upward on the right. The head of a man might provide a hint for the -qui suffix, given that this suffix is found on many nouns for men's occupations. Or, perhaps it suggests a phonetic indicator for a possessive (I-) at the start of the name?

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The adverb (iyaquic, which is a close homophone, means "on foot" or "upright"), and this may explain the phonetic use of the footprints. Footprint glyphs have a wide range of translations. In this collection, so far, we can attest to yauh, xo, pano, -pan, paina, temo, nemi, quetza, otli, iyaquic hualiloti, huallauh, tetepotztoca, totoco, -tihui, tlacza, and the vowel "o." Other research (Herrera et al, 2005, 64) points to additional terms, including: choloa, tlaloa, totoyoa, eco, aci, quiza, maxalihui, centlacxitl, and xocpalli.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pedro yyaqui

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Iyaqui

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: 
line connecting elements
noun(s)
possessive pronoun
verb
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Footprint(s), human
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
War or Conflict
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
bird's eye view
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
left to right
Keywords: 

huellas, caras, personas, guerreros, guerra, subir, irse, nombres de hombres

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

iyaqui, young distinguished warrior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iyaqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Ido (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 647r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=376&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: 

Iyaqui (MH515r)

Iyaqui (MH629r)

Iyaqui (MH638v)

Iyaqui (MH813v)