Cuamix (MH628v)

Cuamix (MH628v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuamix ("Wild Cat") is attested here as a man's name. It shows the head of a wildcat (mixtli) in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Along the perimeter of the head (cua-) are notable tufts of hair. There is a term for a wildcat that already incorporates the Cua-, as shown in the links to our dictionary.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pablo
quāmiz

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
spiky
Keywords: 

lions, leones, wild cats, wildcats, fieras, gatos salvajes, nombres de hombres

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

cuamix(tli), a wild cat that resembles a lion, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuamiztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

cierta fiera semejante al león (Clavijero 1780)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 628v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=339st=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: 
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

miztli (MH486r)

Miztli (MH499r)

miztli (MH497v)

Miztli (MH493r)