Cuatzil (MH884r)

Cuatzil (MH884r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuatzil (“Stupid”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a human head (cuaitl) in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. On top if this head are two small shells (cilin). These two elements seem to be phonetic indicators for cuatzilintic, possibly indicating a stupid person.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See two examples of cilin, below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pablo quaçil

Gloss Normalization: 

Pablo Cuatzil

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)
Writing Features: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

conchas pequeñas, cabezas, nombres de hombres

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

cilin, a small shell, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cilin
cua(itl), a human head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuaitl
cuatzilintic, a hard head or a stupid person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cu%C4%81tzil%C4%ABntic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Estúpido

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).

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

Cilin (MH843r)

cilin (Mdz12r)