Cihuatene (MH703v)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black and white drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cihuatene (perhaps "Sharp-Edged Woman") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows the head of a woman (cihuatl) attached to the lips or chin (tentli), of the tribute payer himself. Tentli (lips) can also mean "edge," and tene refers to something with a sharp blade or edge. So this compound may be partly phonetic and partly logographic.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

alloso cihuatene

Gloss Normalization:

Alonso Cihuatene

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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 of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (female)

Gender (male)

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

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

right to left

Keywords:

bocas, labios, mujeres, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl
tene, something with a sharp edge, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tene

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 703v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=485&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).

Orthography:

"ll" for l

"s" for z

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image:

Cihuatene (MH703v)

Cihuatene (MH703v)

Cihuatenan (MH516r)

Cihuanemi (MH622v)

Cihuamahuitl (MH490r)

Cihuaman (MH555r)