Acoyotl (MH522v)

Acoyotl (MH522v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Acoyotl ("Neotropic Cormorant," a waterfowl) shows four short streams of water (atl) with a droplet at the end of each one and lines of current in the streams. These jets of water come from the base of the head of a coyote (coyotl), shown in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. His ears are up, his one visible eye is open, and a nose and mouth are somewhat visible.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The Water-Coyote is seemingly not meant literally, as there is a waterfowl called the acoyotl, which Eugene Hunn says is a Neotropic Cormorant. Thus, this compound is fully phonographic.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

nigolas acoyotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Nicolás Acoyotl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals: Misc.
Gender (male)
Movement
Religion (Indigenous)
Water
Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

pájaros, cormoranes, aves acuáticos, agua, coyotes, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

acoyo(tl), a waterfowl, the neotropic cormorant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acoyotl
a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
coyo(tl), coyote, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coyotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cormorán (ave acuático)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 522v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=124&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: 
"g" for c, q, or x
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

coyotl (Mdz5v)

coyotl (Mdz13r)

atl (Mdz12r)

atl (Mdz13r)