Cuauhpoyahual (MH774v)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhpoyahual ("Eagle-Tail Feather") is attested here as a man's name. It shows the head of an eagle (cuauhtli) in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. The feathers on the back of the eagle's head are spiky. Its beak is closed. Behind the eagle head is a single upright feather, apparently a tail feather (poyahualli). The fanes of the feather open or widely separated.
Stephanie Wood
juā quauhpoyaval
Juan Cuauhpoyahual
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
plumas, águilas, pájaros, nombres de hombres
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cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
poyahuallo(tl), a type of tail feather, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyahuallotl
Pluma de Cola de Águila
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 774v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=623&st=image
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