cihuatl (MH607r)

cihuatl (MH607r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a compound glyph of the noun cihuatl (woman), which doubles as the compound glyph for the personal name, Tetzauhcihuatl. The glyph shows the head of a woman (cihuatl) in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Her hairstyle (the neaxtlahualli) is a diagnostic for "woman." But on her cheek is also the phonetic syllable "hua," the two vertical black lines that are suggested by the verb huahuana, to make stripes, which has both a phonetic indication and a semantic reading (at times) for "woman."

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See some examples, below, of the hua phonetic syllable having taken on a semantic reading for "woman."

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Face Paint or Tattoos
Feathers
Gender (female)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
Keywords: 

mujeres

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

cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la mujer

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 607r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=296st=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).

See Also: 

Tetzauhcihuatl (MH607r)

cihuatl (MH490v)

Cihuaman (MH555r)

Cuetlachteca Cihuatl (MH608r)

Nenca (MH608r)