Cuauhtetzon (MH897v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhtetzon (literally, “Wooden-Stone-Hair”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of an upright tree (cuahuitl) with a leader and two branches. Coming up off the branches appears to be short straight lines of black hair (tzontli). Below the tree is horizontal black and white stone (tetl) with diagonal stripes in the middle and curling, tripartite ends. Another line of inquiry to explore might be a wooden beard–if there is an internal “n” missing from -tentzontli.
Stephanie Wood
The literal translation of this name is not very satisfying. From searching other options in the dictionary, one will find terms of possible use that include a type of volcanic stone, nobility, or a headdress. (See the dictionary field.)
Stephanie Wood
ao quauhtetzō
Alonso Cuauhtetzon
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
piedras, madera, cabello, pelo, cabellera, nombres de hombres

cuahu(itl), tree or wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhuitl
te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl
tzon(tli), hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli
tetzon(tli), volcanic rock used in construction, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetzontli
tetzon, offspring or a type of noble (male or female), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetzon
cuauhtzon(tli), literally ‘eagle-hair,’ refers to a feathered headdress, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtzontli
tentzon(tli), beard, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tentzontli
literalmente, Madera-Piedra-Cabello
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 897v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=867&st=image.
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