Chiyauhtzinco (Chav2)

Chiyauhtzinco (Chav2)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the place name Chiyauhtzinco ("At the Swamp" or "At the Marsh") shows water moving in rounded and rectangular swirls or spirals. Sitting in front of or on the water is the lower half of a man's body (tzintli, rear end), serving as a phonetic indicator for the reverential suffix (-tzin). The water is meant to indicate chiyahuitl (swamp or marsh). The -co locative suffix may be implied in the location of the water.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

chiyauhtzingo

Gloss Normalization: 

Chiyauhtzinco

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Chavero, Codex (Chav)
Date of Manuscript: 

1578

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
phonetic dimensions
place name
Syntax: 
locative (not visual, but represented semantically)
verb
visible movement
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Movement
Names (places)
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
facing right
profile view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
spiral as rectangular
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
back to front
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

chiyahui(tl), a swamp or marsh, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiyahuitl
yauh, to go, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yauh
tzinco, anus, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzinco-0
-tzinco, locative suffix, spin-off community, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzinco

Image Source: 

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_03246_001/?sp=2

Image Source, Rights: 

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco) is held by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. It is published online by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress, which is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.”

Orthography: 
"g" for c, q, or x