Cocol (MH763v)

Cocol (MH763v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cocol (perhaps "Quarrel," "Pain," or "Twisted") is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a line with at least two curves or bends (colli) to it. This may represent a visual reduplication along with the textual (cocol). Cocolli can refer to a quarrel or pain, and it can mean twisted, it can speak about entrusting a person to another, or it can even refer to the divine force of fire. Thus, the interpretation is a challenge. But the thrust seems to refer to someone with pain or prone to quarrels. The final -e (possessive) is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This name has various visual representations in this digital collection, and it requires further study before settling upon a satisfactory translation. See the dictionary entries. The visual variation may mean that some glyphs represent one translation of cocol- and some represent a different one. Some could be literal, and some may be phonetic indicators.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

doblado, curvado, curvo, torcido, ondulado, bent, curved, undulating, wavy

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

cocol(li), a quarrel, pain, something twisted, or the divine force of fire, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolli
cocol, to be entrusted to another person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocol
col(li), something bent, twisted, or curling, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1
cocoltic, something twisted, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocoltic
cocol(li), a quarrel, the divine force of fire, or something twisted (such as bread), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolli
cocolia, to detest or hate someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolia
cocoloa, to go bending and twisting, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocoloa
cocolihui, to have turns and loops, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolihui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Pelea, Dolor, o Retorcido

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 763v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=605&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).

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