Cuecuex (MH772v)

Cuecuex (MH772v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuecuex is attested here as a man's name. It requires further analysis. The nose ornament suggests that this is a person from the Huaxteca, a cuextecatl. But the reduplication of the cuex- suggests a different meaning that is not shown visually, and that is cuecuextli, a cord with stone beads. Perhaps the cuextecatl is there as a phonetic indicator for Cuecuex. Cuecuextli, tecuecuextli, and macuextli refer to adornments for wrists and ankles.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Another possibility is the negative cuecuech (dishonest and shameful), and some kind of orthographic irregularity. See our dictionary field.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

barthasal cuecues

Gloss Normalization:

Baltazar Cuecuex

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

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

reduplication (in gloss/text)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering

Teeth Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

Huasteca, etnicidad, nariguera, cuentas, piedra, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuexteca(tl), an ethnicity associated with the Huasteca, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuextecatl
cuecuex(tli), a cord with stone beads, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuecuextli
cihua cuecuech, a shameful and dishonest woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihua-cuecuech

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Huaxteco, o Cuentas de Piedra Ensartadas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 772v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=619&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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