Chochopitl (MH665r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Chochopitl (perhaps “Beaked”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the face of a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. What may be his tongue (forked, like a snake) is protruding. Small speech scrolls or volutes also seem to emerge from the mouth or rest on the tongue. Perhaps the man blows air or whistles (pitza), serving as a near homophone for the -pitl part of the name. Or perhaps this is meant to recall the bird song of the plover.