coyoctli (Mdz5v)

coyoctli (Mdz5v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for coyoctli (hole) has been carved from the compound glyph for the place name Coyoacan. In order to show the hole, we have retained some of the animal's coat around the whole. The hole is round and white in color. The coyote's coat is orange.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Colors: 
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
Keywords: 

holes, huecos, hoyos, agujeros

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

coyoc(tli), hole, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coyoctli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

hole

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el hoyo, el hueco, el agujero

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 5 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 21 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).

See Also: 

Coyohuacan (Mdz5v)