Cualoc (MH484r)

Cualoc (MH484r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph represents the personal name, Cualoc (perhaps "Eaten," "Bitten," or "Eclipsed"). It shows, in black line drawings, a human head and arm, in profile facing to the viewer's right. The hand holds something round, perhaps a piece of fruit or perhaps the sun, up near the open mouth. It is as though the person is about to eat (cua). The haircut suggests a male figure.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Cualohua, the verb referring to an eclipse, is cualoc in the past tense, eclipsed. Combined with the noun for the sun, tonatiuh, the literal meaning is the sun was eaten (got dark, became eclipsed). Hence, this name may refer to this celestial phenomenon, unless it literally refers to some food having been eaten. It is possible that "Eaten" or "Bitten," could be metaphorical.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

qualloc

Gloss Normalization: 

Cualoc

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: 
verb
passive tense
preterit tense
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Celestial Phenomena
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

comer, eat, comida, comido, eclipse, eclipsar, nombres de hombres

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

cualohua, for an eclipse to take place, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cualohua
cua, to eat or bite, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cua
tonatiuh cualo, for the sun to eclipse, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tonatiuh-cualo

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Comido o Eclipsado

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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: 

Cualoc (MH532r)