Cocoliloc (MH878v)

Cocoliloc (MH878v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cocoliloc (perhaps “He Was Hated”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a person at an angle, looking down. Tears appear on his visible cheek. What may be a stick cuts across his head, as though someone has struck him, suggesting conflict and sorrow. Above the stick, on the top of his head are a couple of rounded objects that have yet to be identified.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

In this collection as of February 2025, there are two types of Cocoliloc glyphs. One involves what looks like a cane with a curling handle, perhaps using colli as a phonetic indicator. The other shows men having their hair pulled or seemingly being hit on the head with what may be a stick (or, in one case a macuahuitl/macana). Some will have tears on their cheeks. This suggests violence and sorrow (emotion probably on both sides of the conflict).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o. cocoliloc

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Cocoliloc

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Emotions

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

War or Conflict

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing downward

profile view

Keywords:

emoción, conflicto, violencia, palos, loathsome, abhorrent, aborrecible, repugnante, pelo, cabello, cabeza, mano, pull, pulling, jalar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cocolia, to detest or hate someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolia
-lo-, passive tense, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/lo
cocoliloni, something abhorrent, loathsome, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocoliloni
cocol(li), anger, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cocolli
-c, preterit tense singular suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/c-3

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él Fue Odiado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 878v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=829&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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