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Cuilol.
Headword:
Cuilol.
Principal English Translation:
a design, a decoration; also, a personal name (attested as male)
Orthographic Variants:
Cuilloll
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents Cuilol in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
ytoca cuilloll = named Cuilol (Cuernavaca region, ca. 1540s)
Cuilol = attested as a man's name in the tribute lists of San Pablo Teocaltitlan, folio 4r.
Is this related to cuilolli, a variant of ihcuilōlli, whose usual form is tlahcuilōlli, referring to a piece of writing or a painting?
"tlahtôlchîmalli cuilôlli tlauhpoyahuac ", der königliche Schild mit Rot in verschiedenen Abstufungen bemalt. Décrit Chicôme Côâtl. Sah 1927,90; Sans doute faut-il transcrire: 'tlahtohchîmalli ihcuilôlli', le bouclier royal décoré de motifs = No doubt [the Nahuatl term shared in the German text] should be transcribed: 'tlahtohchîmalli ihcuilôlli', the royal decorated shield"
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