Coyometz (MH884r)

Coyometz (MH884r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Coyometz (“Coyote Leg”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of the leg animal’s coat is textured.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See other examples (and vocabulary) for birds’ feet, below. Terms that include the element "metz" can refer to groin, hip, thigh, leg, foot, or even toes. See our Online Nahuatl Dictionary, searching Glyph Name "contains."

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

aol coyometz

Gloss Normalization: 

Alonso Coyometz

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: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals: Misc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
dotted, granular, textured
frontal view
Keywords: 

coyotes, piernas, patas, garras, nombres de hombres

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

coyo(tl), a coyote, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coyotl
metz(tli), leg of a person or a animal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/metztli-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Pierna de Coyote

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 884r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=840&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Totolmetz (MH672v)

Cuauhizte (MH809r)

Cuauhizte (MH836v)

Tetepo (MH758v)

cuauhtetepoyo (Mdz65r)