Cuapole (MH729r)

Cuapole (MH729r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuapole (perhaps “Possessor of a Wretched Head”) is attested here as a man’s name. It is very similar to the glyph for Motelchihui (see below). The glyph here shows the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. His hair is wild.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Another interpretation for this name is "Possessor of a Large Head," taking the -pol element to have its meaning of "large." But "wretched" seems more likely here, given the wild hair.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

ylaliyo quapole

Gloss Normalization: 

Hilario Cuapole

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: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

pelo, cabello, cabeza, despeinado, desordenado, nombres de hombres

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

cua-, having to do with the head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cua-0
cua(itl), the human head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuaitl
-pol-, a suffix meaning wretched or large, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pol
-e, possessor suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/e-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Que Tiene una Cabeza Desdichada

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 729r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=536&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).

Orthography: 
"l" for r
"y" for i
intrusive "y"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Motelchihui (MH729r)