Otoncuauh (MH652r)

Otoncuauh (MH652r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Otoncuauh ("Otomí Eagle") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows the head of an eagle in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Its hooked beak is open, as is its visible eye. The feathers on the perimeter of the head and around the eye are spiky tufts. Nothing obvious in the glyph seems to represent the Oton- (Otomí) part of the name or ethnicity.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā hotoquauh

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Otoncuauh

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:

adjective

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Feathers

Gender (male)

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

spiky

Keywords:

otomíes, guerreros, águilas, etnicidades, nombres de hombres, feathers, plumas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Otomi(tl), an ethnicity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/otomitl
cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Águila Otomí

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 652r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=386&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

dropped "n"

intrusive "h" or "hu"

Historical Contextualizing Image: