Cuauhquiyahuacatl (MH770r)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhquiyahuacatl ("One from Cuauhquiyahuac") is attested here as a man's name. It can also be a title, referring to men who have been distinguished in war. It shows a building in profile, facing toward the viewer's left. Outside or at the entryway (quiyahuac) of the building is an eagle's head, also in profile, but facing toward the right. The eagle (cuauhtli) has its eye and beak open. Around the top and back of its head, the feathers are spiky.
Stephanie Wood
There was a barrio of Tenochtitlan with the name Cuauhquiyahuac, which some translate as Eagle's Gate. Thus, the elements of the compound appear to be logographic.
Stephanie Wood
tōmas quauhq~avacatl
Tomás Cuauhquiyahuacatl
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
animales, pájaros, águilas, edificios, entradas, títulos, guerra, etnicidad, barrio de Tenochtitlan, nombres de hombres
Cuauhquiyahuac, Eagle Door neighborhood of Tenochtitlan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhquiyahuac
quiyahuac, outside, at the entrance/exit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quiyahuac
cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
-catl, affiliation suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl
(una persona de Cuauhquiyahuac, probablemente un barrio de Tenochtitlan)
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 770r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=614&st=image
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