Cuitlapil (MH513v)

Cuitlapil (MH513v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuitlapil ("Animal Tail," attested here as a man's name) shows a curling animal tail (cuitlapilli). The fur on the tail is textured and has black spots.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Tracking the concept of "cuil," with includes a curving or curling element at times, might benefit from noting the curl of tails, even though "cui-" lacks the letter "l."

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

a^ol cuitlapil

Gloss Normalization:

Alonso Cuitlapil

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

dotted, granular, textured

facing left

profile view

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

spotted or mottled

vertical, upright

Keywords:

tails, rabos, colas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuitlapil, animal tail, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuitlapilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cola de Animal

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 513v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=106&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).

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