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picture. Phonetic picture writing is perhaps a term more easily 

 understood. 



The simplest names are those compounded of two nouns expressed 

 directly by two pictures: 



Cal-tepec, the house on the mountain (fig. 3): 

 Cal from calli, house; 

 Tepee from tepetl, mountain. 



Fig. 3. 



Fig. 4. 



Fig. 5 



A-tepec, the water on the mountain (fig. 4): 



A from atl, water; 



Tepee from tepetl, mountain. 

 Coa-tepec, the mountain of the serpent (fig. 5): 



Coa from coatl, serpent; 



Tepee from tepetl, mountain. 



The verbal idea is expressed as one of the factors in some of the 

 proper names, giving a compound of a verb and a noun, both ideas 

 being expressed by pictures: 



Toli-man, the place where the rushes are cut (fig. 6): 

 Toli from tollin, rushes; 

 Ma, the root of the verb meaning "to take something with the hand." 



Fig. G. 



Fig. 



There are various ways of expressing the same combination of 

 sounds. The syllable pern may be shown in three different ways, as 

 follows: 



(1) By the picture of a flag, pantli (fig. 7). 

 Chimal-pan, the shield of the flag: 

 Chimal, from chimalli, a shield; 

 Pan from pantli, a flag. 



