Cihuapocatl (MH672r)

Cihuapocatl (MH672r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cihuapocatl (“Woman-Smoke”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a woman in profile facing toward the viewer’s right. Two curls of smoke come up from the points of her hair on the top of her head.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The translation of this name may well leave something to be desired. What is woman-smoke or female smoke? Is the name meant literally?

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (female)

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

humo, mujeres, pelo, cabello, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl
poca(tl), smoke (rare form), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pocatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Humo de Mujer

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 672r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=424&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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