Cuauhtic (MH884v)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuauhtic (perhaps “Someone Tall”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what may be two pieces of wood (cuahuitl) at an angle, leaning up to the left. The wood seems like a phonetic indicator for the start of the name, Cuauh-. But the wood could further have the semantic value of being something long and stiff, which also fits the definition of cuauhtic (besides being someone tall). Seemingly attached to the lower right ends of these boards is an anthropomorphic head with an attached, bent right arm. But hanging down from the head is what looks like the wavy, spotted body of a serpent (coatl), which could serve as a phonetic complement. It also nearly serves to conjure up a tall person (cuauhtic).