Cualoc (MH532r)

Cualoc (MH532r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cualoc (“Eaten,” "Bitten," or "Eclipsed") attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of a spotted, wild animal (tecuani or ocelotl) with protruding teeth and a human leg coming out of his mouth. The animal and the leg are shown in profile. The animal's eye is open, his coat is spotted, and his teeth are very visible. The leg is not clothed and the foot is bare.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The word cualoc ("eaten") is also part of the phrase that referred to an eclipse, when the sun was thought to be eaten. However, there is no obvious reason here to assume that the person's name is not "Eaten" or "Bitten," although a name like this could be metaphorical.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juan gualoc

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Cualoc

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
passive tense
preterit tense
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spotted or mottled
dotted, granular, textured
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

eaten, comido, bitten, mordido, animales, jaguares, nombres de hombres

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

tecuani, ferocious wild animal, literally one that bites people, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuani
cua, to eat or to bite, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cua
-lo, passive indicator, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/lo-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Que Ha Sido Comido, or Mordido

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 532r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=143&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).

Orthography: 
"g" for c, q, or x
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cualoc (MH484r)

Tonatiuh Cualo (TR31r)