Motlahuizoma (MH633v)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Motlahuizoma is attested here as pertaining to a man. It has a construction much like the name Motecuhzoma, with a reflexive start that likely combines with the verb ending (-zoma, to frown and show anger). It may be that a noun intervenes between the Mo- and the -zoma. If so, perhaps it is tlahuitl, red ochre, which Frances Karttunen (see our Online Nahuatl Dictionary) says is indirectly attested in the verb tlahuia, having to do with "red firelight," or tlahuizcalli, the "rosy light of dawn." So, perhaps the name means "Angered by Red Firelight" or "Angry Like Red Fire"? The visuals include a man's head seemingly attached to a flaming torch.