Acuicuil (MH628v)

Acuicuil (MH628v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Acuicuil (perhaps "Water Painting" or "Water of Many Colors") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a swirling water (atl) sign with seven small offshoots, four with droplets at their tips. The rest of the name (-cuicuil) seems to suggest a painting of many colors, but this remains to be substantiated.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See the Cuicuil glyphs below for a better suggestion of the possible meaning here.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juan
acuicuil

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Acuicuil

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: 
cuil (tracking)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
bird's eye view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
Keywords: 

remolino, swirling water, nombres de hombres, water, agua, colors, paintings, pointuras, colores

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

a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
cuicuiltic, something painted or spotted, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuicuiltic
cuicuiloa, to paint something many colors, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cu%C4%ABcu%C4%ABlo%C4%81

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 628v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=339st=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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

atl (MH483v)

ameyalli (T2680:19:9r)

Acolhuacapan (MH606r)

Cuicuil (MH526v)

Cuicuil (MH901v)

Cuicuil (MH770v)