Cuecueyo (MH783v)

Cuecueyo (MH783v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuecueyo (perhaps “Seething with Insects” or “Glistening”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a cluster of ten tiny circles. These may represent insects that could “seethe” (cuecueyoca) or they may represent sparkles (cuecueyo) or bubbles.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Small circles on gemstones seem to convey the sense of glistening or shimmering (requiring the movement of the eye from one to the next). See, for example, the small circles on the perimeter of xihuitl (turquoise), tezcatl (mirror), ilhuitl (day/sun), teocuitlatl (gold), and chalchihuitl (jade or greenstone).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

dio cuecueyō

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Cuecueyo

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)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
Keywords: 

brillar, hervir los insectos, burbujas, nombres de hombres

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

cuecueyo, shining, sparkling, shimmering, glistening, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuecueyo
cuecueyoca, to shine brightly or sparkle; or to swarm, seethe, boil with lice, fleas, worms, ants, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuecueyoca

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Hirviendo de Insectos o Brillando

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 783v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=641&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: 
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

chalchihuitl (Mdz3v)

teocuitlatl (Mdz13v)

xihuitl (Mdz13r)

ilhuitl (Mdz19r)

ilhuitl (Mdz19r)

ilhuitl (Mdz19r)

tonatiuh (Mdz34r)