Cuauhnenemi (MH900v)

Cuauhnenemi (MH900v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhnenemi (literally, “The Eagle Goes Along”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows simply the lower leg and foot of an eagle (cuauhtli), seemingly intended to suggest that it walks or goes along (nenemi) on the ground. Bits of feather show toward the top of the leg. The leg itself is textured. The foot has sharp claws.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Might this name relate to dancing, or perhaps movement in war, given that some warriors were called eagles? Note some of the other glyphs, below, that include the verb nenemi (to go along).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Ju^o q~uhnenemi

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Cuauhnenemi

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Animals: Birds

Gender (male)

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

dotted, granular, textured

pointed (see also spiky)

Keywords:

águilas, garras afiladas, caminar, andar, verbos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
nenemi, to go along, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nenemi

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Águila Camina

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 900v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=873&st=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:

"q" for c

Historical Contextualizing Image: