Coco (Verg8v)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Coco (perhaps “Female Domestic Servant,” attested here as a man’s name) includes three elements. On the left is a bird, shown in profile, facing toward the reader's right. This bird might be the coxcox, but there are no indications to suggest this other than the fact that the name is somewhat similar, having a similar reduplicated element, and so it may be serving a phonetic role as a semi-homophone. On the right, at the top, is a chile pepper. Perhaps this pepper provides a phonetic indicator for cococ, which refers to its notable spiciness and serves as a similar semi-homophone. Finally, below the pepper is a ceramic jug (comitl), which provides a final phonetic value for one of the "co" syllables.