Cuauhilama (MH749v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhilama (perhaps “Eagle-Elder Woman”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph is simply the head of an eagle in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Its eye is open, as is its beak.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
águilas, mujeres viejas, nombres de hombres
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cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
ilama(tl), an elder woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ilamatl
Águila-Anciana
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 749v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=577&st=image
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