Cihuapocatl (MH672r)

Cihuapocatl (MH672r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cihuapocatl (“Woman-Smoke”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a woman in profile facing toward the viewer’s right. Two curls of smoke come up from the points of her hair on the top of her head.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The translation of this name may well leave something to be desired. What is woman-smoke or female smoke? Is the name meant literally?

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego. çiuapocatl.

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Cihuapocatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood & Jeff Haskett-Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Writing Features: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

humo, mujeres, pelo, cabello, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Humo de Mujer

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 672r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=424&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).

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