Cuitlapil (MH623v)

Cuitlapil (MH623v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuitlapil ("Animal Tail") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows the back end of an animal in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. The coat of the animal is mottled. Coming out of the buttocks site is a long, curvy, hairy tail (cuitlapilli), with the location practically suggesting excrement (cuitlatl) could be emerging. If that was the intention, then this is a phonetic complement almost making this glyph a compound.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juan
cuitlapil

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Cuitlapil

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Excretions (bodily, human or animal)
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

animales, colas, excremento, elemento fonético, nombres de hombres

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

cuitla(tl), excrement, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuitlatl
cuitlapil(li), animal tail, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuitlapilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Cola

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 623v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=328&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuitlixco (MH543v)