Cahualoc (MH658r)

Cahualoc (MH658r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cahualoc ("Abandoned") is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a frontal view of an upright (right) hand. The hand is holding something at an angle. It is wider on the left end than on the right. The left end also has some hatch marks, suggesting three dimensionality (an artistic element that can suggest European influence).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Someone who is abandoned can be a widow or widower, but there may be more to the concept. See the dejected woman with tears on her cheeks in the place name Cahuallan. The phonetic "hua" syllable seems to come from the grasping hand. It remains to be determined what the other visual represents, but it might also be a phonetic indicator, given that being left behind is difficult to represent visually.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

franco. cavaloc

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisco Cahualoc

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: 
hua (grasping hand for the possessive)
phrase or sentence
verb
passive tense
preterit tense
Writing Features: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
frontal view
horizontal
three-dimensionality
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

dejar, abandonar, frases, nombres de hombres

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

cahua, to leave behind, abandon, relinquish, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cahua
-lo-, passive tense indicator, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/lo,
-c, preterit tense singular suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/c-3
ca, to be present, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ca

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Abandonado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 658r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=396&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cahuallan (Mdz13v)

cahualli (MH608r)

Cahualoc (MH491v)