Xochicuauh (Verg10r)

Xochicuauh (Verg10r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-and-white drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochicuauh ("Flower-Tree," attested here as a man's name), shows a frontal view of a plant with two flowers (xochitl) on stems to the left and two stems on the right that have amaranth (huauhtli) blossoms. The amaranth may be literal, or the huauhtli may be a phonetic complement for the -cuauh part of the name (intending cuahuitl, tree, or cuauhtli, eagle). See below for an example of huauhtli providing the phonetic -huauh in the name Tecihuauh.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Visuals of huauhtli can also serve as the phonetic syllable -hua. But, if that were the case here, the gloss would be something more like Xochhua. See below for examples of Xochhua.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

damiā. xochicuauh

Gloss Normalization:

Damián Xochicuauh

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Vergara, Codex (Verg)

Date of Manuscript:

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

near Tepetlaoztoc, Tetzcoco

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

hua (from huauhtli, amaranth)

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Flowers

Food, Eating, Cooking

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

Keywords:

flowers, flores, amaranth, amaranto, trees, árboles, wood, madera, eagles, águilas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
huauh(tli), amaranth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huauhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Flores-Árbol

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Codex Vergara, folio 10r, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f27.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights:

The non-commercial reuse of images from the Bibliothèque nationale de France is free as long as the user is in compliance with the legislation in force and provides the citation: “Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France” or “Source gallica.bnf.fr / BnF.” We would also appreciate a citation to the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/.Codex Vergara, folio 12r,