Cocol (MH896r)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cocol (“A Quarrel” or perhaps "Entrusted to Another Person," attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of a human hand grasping the hair of another man, which could be represent a quarrel or dispute. Alternatively, the hand may be taking the person into custody, conveying the other meaning of cocol. (See the dictionary entries.) The gloss gives a final “r” on the end of the name in place of “l,” but the previous name in the list also has an “r” where an “l” should be. The substitution of “r” for “l”--and vice versa–can be found elsewhere in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco.