Tzincol (MH884v)

Tzincol (MH884v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tzincol (perhaps “Curved Bottom”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a curl (colli) attached to an elbow. The arm itself is often used for “shoulder” (acolli), so perhaps here it is phonetically reinforcing the colli (or vice versa). But the gloss suggests tzintli (rear end, bottom, buttocks).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

So many names that contain “col” have a curling element, as seen below. And the tzintli is very prevalent in this collection, so it is a wonder it was not used in this compound glyph.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

franco tzincol

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisco Tzincocl

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
Syntax: 
col syllable (from colli)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
right to left
Keywords: 

bobinas, curvas, nalgas, brazos, hombros, nombres de hombres

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

tzin(tli), rear end, buttocks, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzintli
col(li), something bent or twisted, curled, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Nalgas Curvas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 884v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=841&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: 

Acol (MH634v)

Tencol (MH520r)

Cocoliloc (MH658r)

Tecocol (MH664r)