Cuauhxonecuilatl (Verg38v)

This compound Nahuatl hieroglyph is a black-line drawing of the personal name Cuauhxonecuilatl, a man’s name, which may refer to a type of tree (cuahuitl), a crooked stick, or a twisted leg. The largest element in the compound is a tree (cuahuitl), whose stem is Cuauh-, the start to the name. Above the tree is a provide view of a leg (providing the phonetic syllable -xo-, along with the possibility of a semantic contribution about a twisted leg). To the left is a curling shape (providing the phonetic syllable -cuil-) with a tiny head, perhaps of an animal, at the base of the curl. It is unclear whether the head makes either any phonetic or semantic contribution, but the curl seems to point to something twisted or bent. The -atl ending of the name does not have obvious visual representation, where one might expect a spray of water. Whether the name needs to include water or some type of liquid in the translation is unclear.