Cuitlapil (MH782v)

Cuitlapil (MH782v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuitlapil (“Animal Tail”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows an upright tail. The end at the top curls to the viewer’s right. Unlike some of the other glyphs for Cuitlapil, this one is not obviously an animal tail.

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:

mathe^o. cuitlapil

Gloss Normalization:

Mateo Cuitlapil

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:

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

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Keywords:

colas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuitlapil(li), 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 782v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=639&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:

"th" for t, d, or gd

Historical Contextualizing Image: