Cuauhtic (MH817r)

Cuauhtic (MH817r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhtic (“Tall Person”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. A downward, vertical extension of the head takes the shape of a board (Cuauh-). It is about two times as tall as the head itself. The -tic suffix is used for adjective-like substantives.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The artist might have drawing a tall person, but the use of a piece of wood to explain the person’s height involves a phonetic indicator (Cuauh-). Of course, it could also be seen as semantic. The -tic suffix is not shown visually.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
adjective
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as phonogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

madera, tablón, tablero, alto, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cuauhtic, tall person, literally “like a tree,” https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtic
cuahu(itl), tree, wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
-tic, a suffix for adjective-like substantives, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tic-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Persona Alta

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 817r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=708&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: 
"g" for c, q, or x
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

cuahuitl (MH487r)

Cuauh (MH577r)

cuahuitl (MH609r)

Cuahuitl (MH631v)