Cozauh (MH631v)

Cozauh (MH631v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cozauh (perhaps "He Turned Yellow," attested here as a man's name) shows a circle with two swirls coming off the top, one on each side, and both curling inward.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

If the tlacuilo was using more color in this part of the census, the circle could be painted yellow. See below for a couple of circles and rectangles that are often used for color names. If the circle is a coin, it could stand for gold (like yellow). What the appendages might be is not clear. If the baby was jaundiced, perhaps that is the origin of the name. Perhaps the curling lines contribute to the concept that the baby "turned" yellow. Input is welcome.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antonio
coçauh

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Cozauh

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: 
phrase or sentence
verb
visual movement
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
outward (from inside out)
Keywords: 

circles, círculos, swirls, remolinos, colors, yellow, colores, amarillo, nombres de hombres

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

cozauhqui, something yellow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozauhqui
cozahui, to turn yellow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cozahui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Se Puso Amarillo, o Dorado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 631r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=345st=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).

Orthography: 
"ç" for z or tz
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ayauh (MH505v)

Cuicui (MH536r)

cuicui (MH605v)

Itzehecatl (MH544r)

Oyohual (MH493v)

Cozauh (MH625v)

Cozauh (MH622r)

coztic (Mdz23r)

tlatlauhqui (Mdz51r)