Cuauhxonecuil (Verg43v)

This compound Nahuatl hieroglyph is a black-line drawing of the personal name Cuauhxonecuil (perhaps “Wooden Staff Offering”), attested here as a man’s name. The compound seems to have four elements. The first, on the lower right, is the sign for amaranth (huauhtli), which provides the phonetic syllable Cuauh- (short for “wood”). Upward and to the left is a leg with a foot, providing the phonetic syllable -xo-. If it is a twisted leg, then this element covers xonecuilli, too. Moving left, there is a black worm (ocuilin) in a backward S-shape, providing for the phonetic syllable -cuil. Finally, there is a stream of water with five splashes, alternating between a droplet and a turbinate shell. The water (atl) makes more sense in the name Xonecuilatl, providing the final phonetic syllable. Perhaps this name should also end in -atl. The first names are the same, so this is probably the same man, given how the same people, in different capacities, do repeat in this manuscript.