Cuauhchita (MH602r)

Cuauhchita (MH602r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhchita (attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of the head of an eagle (cuauhtli) above a frontal view of a net bag (chitatli). The feathers on the eagle's head are spiky, and its visible eye and beak are open.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The eagle may be a phonetic indicator for wood, since they both have the same stem, cuauh-. But the Gran Diccionario Náhuatl includes a reference to a cuauhchito, a type of bird. Perhaps this bird is meant by the name Cuauhchita, and in the case of the cuauchito, it is really cuauchiton, a diminutive version. If this proves to be true, then the name is fully phonetic, with eagle and net bag working to bring forth the name of a bird, Cuauhchita.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

Juan quauh chita

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Juan Cuauhchita

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals: Birds

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bell-shaped (upright)

checked, cross-hatched, or mesh

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

bolsas, redes, águilas, tecnología, bags, nets, eagles, technology, feathers, plumas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
chita(tli), net bag, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chitatli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Bolsa de Red (para águilas?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 602r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=283&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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