Cacaquitl (MH704v)

Cacaquitl (MH704v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cacaquitl (“The Spy” or “The Stalker”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a human ear. This is a metaphor for someone who listens while stalking someone or spying.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The verb cacaqui is not in the dictionary as a noun (with the absolutive ending, -tl, forming cacaquitl), but one can construct it.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ant^o. cacaquitl

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Cacaquitl

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:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

escuchar, espiar, asechar, espias, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cacaqui, to listen, as a spy or a stalker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cacaqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Espía, o El Acosador

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 704v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=487&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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