Cuauhtlapeuh (MH555r)

Cuauhtlapeuh (MH555r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhtlapeuh (“Eagle Hunting Trap?” or a "Wooden Plow?" attested here as a man’s name) shows the head of an eagle (cuauhtli) in profile, looking toward the viewer's left. The eagle's eye and beak are open, and the feathers on its head are spiky. Surrounding the eagle's head is apparently a hunting trap (tlapehualli) made from wooden (quahuitl) sticks or small boards. Another possibility is that it is some type of plow, given that the verb tlapehua means "to plow land."

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The start of the name, Cuauh- (eagle) might have the actual intention of serving as a phonetic indicator for the Cuauh- of "wood." The stems are homophones.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Juā quauhtlapeuh--

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Cuauhtlapeuh

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

homophony, rebus

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Feathers

Gender (male)

Hunting and Fishing

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Wood, wooden things

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

outward (from inside out)

Keywords:

cazar, hunting, eagles, águilas, traps, trampas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
cuahui(tl), tree, wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
tlapehua, to plow land, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapehua
tlapehual(li), a trap for hunting, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapehualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cepo Para Cazar

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 555r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=189&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: