Xaxaca (MH711r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xaxaca (“Bruised”), shows a man’s head in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. On his face, near his nose, is a significant cluster of dots that seem to indicate that he is bruised (xaxacachtic). This may be a phonetic indicator for the name Xaxaca (“Owl”), but this remains to be verified.
Stephanie Wood
We have few examples of glyphs that highlight injuries. See below.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
bujos, tecolotes, magullado, martajado, nombres de hombres
xaxacachtic, bruised, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xaxacachtic
magullado
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 711r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=500&st=image
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