Cuetlachtepehua (MH604v)

Cuetlachtepehua (MH604v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuetlachtepehua (perhaps “Possessor of Wolf Mountain,” attested here as a man’s name) shows the head of a wolf in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Its nose and ears are rounded, its eye looks upward, and its mouth is open. A tongue (but no obvious teeth) may be protruding. Below the head is a simple hill or mountain, not the usual glyph for tepetl.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Nothing obvious conveys the -hua possessive visually. If this is not a possessive, and the verb tepehua (to throw down or defeat) is intended, then the translation might be "the wolf conquers." If so, then this compound is partially phonetic.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Juan Cuetlachtepeva

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Cuetlachtepehua

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic possibilities

Syntax:

Writing Features:

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Gender (male)

Landscape Features

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Tongue Protruding/Noticeable

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie 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):

downward

Keywords:

lobos, cerros, montañas, posesión, conquistar, tirar para abajo

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuetlach(tli), wolf, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuetlachtli
tepehua, to throw down, to conquer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepehua
tepe(tl), hill or mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepetl
-hua (possession), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Montaña del Lobo (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 604v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=291st=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:

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: