Macuiloc (Verg45r)

This two-part compound Nahuatl hieroglyph plus a notation is a black-line drawing of the personal name Macuiloc (“The Fifth Pulque”), attested here as a man’s name. The notation for the number five (macuilli) appears at the top. This consists of five, short, vertical lines that are connected with a horizontal line across the top. This number provides the semantic and phonetic start to the name, Macuil-. Below this notation is the two-part compound, including a hand (maitl), which provides the phonetic syllable -ma-, underlining that the name starts with Ma-. The fingers on this hand are bent (-cuil-), which complements the second phonetic part of the name. Below the bent hand is an upright stemmed cup (probably a xicalli or a caxitl). The contents of the cup, which bubbles at the top, is pulque (octli), supplying the phonetic syllable -oc- and clarifying that the name ends in -oc. Another hieroglyph similar to this one appears on folio 52 recto.