Coyohuacan (Azca16)

This painted black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the compound place name Coyohuacan (“Place That Has Coyotes”) shows a coyote (coyotl) in profile, facing right. The ears are back slightly, the visible eye is open, and the teeth protrude from the mouth. The coat is painted a reddish pink, and it is textured with short horizontal lines. Claws are visible on its left rear paw, and the tail is long and curled inward. The lower legs and belly are white or natural. In the middle of the body is a set of concentric circles, with a spiral inside the inner circle. The two concentric circles are painted a red that is almost magenta, but the spiral is the same color as the animal’s coat. What this group represents is a hole (coyoctli) in the body of the coyote, and the hole provides a phonetic complement.