Cuauhtlaol (MH679r)

Cuauhtlaol (MH679r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhtlaol (perhaps “Eagle-Maize Kernels”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a group of five maize kernels as though falling from the sky. Below the kernels is the head of an eagle, in profile and facing toward the viewer’s right. Its beak is open.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

An alternate translation for this glyph could be Wooden-Maize Kernels if the eagle is there as a phonetic indicator for Cuauh- in the sense of wood. Below, one can see compounds that have wood and eagle put together to ensure a reading of Cuahuitl, showing how the signs can overlap phonetically.

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 possibilities

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Corn, Maize

Food, Eating, Cooking

Gender (male)

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

facing right

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

maíz desgranado, curado, seco, madera, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
cuahu(itl), wood, stick, tree, woods, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
tlaol(li), dried maize kernels, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Águila-Granos de Maíz Secos

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 679r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=438&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).

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