Coyomani (MH834r)

Coyomani (MH834r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Coyomani ("Like a Coyote") is attested here as a man's name. It shows the head of a coyote in profile, facing toward the viewer's right and downward. Some mottling appears on its coat. At its throat is a hand (maitl), which serves as the phonetic indicator for the -mani part of the name, in the manner of.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Often, the final "i" will drop off names that end in -mani. Even once shortened to end in -man, the final "n" will drop away. Chimalman is a good example of the loss of the "i," but also the loss of the final "n." This has resulted in many appearance of many glosses or interpretations of the name as Chimalma.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anto coyomani

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Coyomani

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
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: 
facing right
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
right to left
Keywords: 

coyotl, coyote, mano, hand, arm, brazo, a manera de, nombres de hombres

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

coyo(tl), coyote, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coyotl
ma(itl), hand or arm, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl
-mani, in the manner of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani-1
Chimalman, famous migration leader, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chimalman

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 834r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=742&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: 

Tozcoyotl (MH523v)

Maitl (MH499v)

Matlacmani (MH482v)