Coanen (MH633v)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Coanen (perhaps "Useless Serpent") is attested here as a woman's name. The two elements are a snake or serpent (coatl) in an undulating horizontal pose, somewhat going downward, with its head on the viewer's right. The snake has spots. Riding on the snake just behind its head is the nenetl symbol, which can refer to a deity image, a doll, or female genitals. The -nen- syllable is often a phonetic indicator; it often translates as "useless."
Stephanie Wood
There was a Chalcan princess called Coanentzin who died in 1477 C.E., according to Chimalpahin. See the Online Nahuatl Dictionary.
maria
covane
María Coanen
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
serpientes, inútiles, nombres de mujeres, nombres de princesas, cohuatl
Coanen, a personal name, perhaps "Snake Tongue," https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coanentzin
coa(tl), serpent, snake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl
nene(tl), doll or deity figure, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nenetl
Serpiente Inútil
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 633v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=349st=image.
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