Cuacuauh (MH736r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuacuauh (“Horns”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph builds on the head of the tribute payer himself, making antlers or horns out of some of his hair.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
astas, cuernos, nombres de hombres
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cuacuahu(itl), horn(s) or antler(s), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuacuahuitl-2
cuacuahue, horned animal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuacuahue
Cuernos
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 736r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=550&st=image
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