Cuecuechac (MH895r)

Cuecuechac (MH895r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuecuechac (perhaps “Wet”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of what seems to be an upright cob of corn. At the top is a bit of corn silk, and at the bottom a stem. The ear of maize is painted black, which may suggest that it is moist (cuecuechactic).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See other examples of corn cobs, below. Other vocabulary words that start with cuecuechac- relate to making noise or making a fuss. So, if “wet” is not the intended reading, just a phonetic indicator, then perhaps this name was given to a noisy baby.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Cuecuechac

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Corn, Maize

Emotions

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Water

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

maíz, húmedo, mojado, color negro nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuecuechactic, humid or wet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuecuechactic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Húmedo o Mojado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 895r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=862&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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