Cihuamani (MH897r)

Cihuamani (MH897r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cihuamani (“Woman-Like”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a woman (cihuatl) in profile, facing the viewer’s right. On her cheek is a short, thick, black vertical line, somewhat akin to the huahuana sign for the “hua” syllable. A hand comes in from the left, grabbing the woman’s hair. The hand (maitl) could be a phonetic indicator for the suffix -mani (to be in the manner of).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The hair pulling adds perhaps an unexpected negative dimension to the name, given that hair pulling was a terrible affront or an insult. But perhaps it was an insult to describe a man as being in the manner of a woman. See another example, below, that was shortened to Cihuaman. That one has a clear huahuana sign (for the “hua” of cihua) on the cheek. Additional examples show compound glyphs that include hands (maitl) as likely phonetic indicators for the -mani (to be in the manner of) suffix.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Ju^o. çivamani

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Cihuamani

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)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Hair pulling

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

tirar del pelo, insultar, mujeres, género, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl
-mani, in the manner of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

A La Manera de una Mujer

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 897r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=866&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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