Cocho (MH736v)

Cocho (MH736v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cocho (“Parrot”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a bird walking (movement) and facing the viewer’s left. Its eye and beak are open.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The cocho is not well attested in this collection (as of May 2024). But birds of many other kinds and feathers are extremely prevalent. See some examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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)
visible movement
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
Keywords: 

pericos, papagayos, plumas verdes

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

cocho, small parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocho
cocho(tl), parrot, bird with beautiful green feathers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cochotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Perico, o Papagayo Pequeño

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 736v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=551&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

cacalotl (Mdz33r)

cuauhtli (Mdz10v)

zolin (Mdz15v)

aztatl (Mdz21v)

huexolotl (Mdz16r)

huilotl (Mdz15v)

huitzilin (Mdz20r)

tototl (Mdz13r)

toztli (Mdz46r)