Cuauhchayahual (MH622v)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhchayahual (wooden gate or fence) is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows the head of an eagle (cuauhtli) in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Its beak is ope, and the feathers around its head are spiky, This is most likely a phonetic indicator that the name starts with Cuauh- (referring to wood). Surrounding the eagle's head are shapes that echo the spiky feathers. Perhaps these refer to the -yahualli (around) part of the name. None of the visuals seem to indicate the chayahualli part of the name.
Stephanie Wood
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quauhchayaval
Pedro Cuauhchayahual
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
águilas, enjaulados, o esparcir semillas, nombres de hombres

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
cuahu(itl), wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl-1
cuauhchayahual(li), a wooden gate, fence, or railing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhchayahualli
cuauhchayahuallo, something encaged, or inside wooden posts, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhchayahuallo
chayahua, to spread seeds, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chayahua-0
El Águila Jaulado
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 622v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=327st=image.
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