Cuauhizte (MH809r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhizte (“Eagle Claw”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what may be an eagle (cuauh-) claw (iztetl). Small curving lines make the leg look three-dimensional. The claw has sharp, curving nails.
Stephanie Wood
Eagles’ claws appear in various forms in this collection. See some other examples, below.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
águilas, uñas, garras, nombres de hombres
cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
izte(tl), animal toenails, claws, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztetl
izti(tl), fingernails, toenails, claws, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztitl
posiblemente, Garra de Águila
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 809r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=692st=image.
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