Cuauhnepantepec (TR28r)
This compound glyph of the place name Cuauhnepantepec has three elements. One of the most prominent is a neat pile of firewood (cuahuitl), which provide the start to the place name, Cuauh- (which in a place name probably means "woods"). Above the wood is a checked rectangle. Perhaps this stands for the nepantla (in the middle, in between). Finally, the upright, bell-shaped, green hill or mountain provides the phonetic indicator for the locative suffix, -tepec, at or on the hill. The hill has curly rocky outcroppings on the slopes and a horizontal white band at the base. The resulting place name in English translation might be "At the Mountain in the Middle of the Woods."
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coaonepantepetl
Cuauhnepantepetl (or, better, Cuauhnepantepec)
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ca. 1550–1563
cuahui(tl), firewood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
nepantla, in the middle, in between, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nepantla
-tepec, on or at the hill or mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepec
En la Montaña en Medio del Bosque
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Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 28 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f81.item.zoom
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