Motlahuizoma (MH633v)

Motlahuizoma (MH633v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

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 may combine with the verb ending (-zoma, to show anger). The -tecuh- (lord, from tecuhtli), appears in the middle much like the -tlahui- (perhaps from tlahuia, to light the way) of this name. So, might it mean "He Shows Anger Lighting the Way" or the like? The visuals include a man's head seemingly attached to a torch, although it could be a feather fan (see the feather fan in Xiuhcoatl, below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

There is a verb tlahuizoa, which refers to letting something fall, and the human head here is facing downward, perhaps falling. Further analysis is required.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Domas
motlaviçoma

Gloss Normalization: 

Tomas Motlahuizoma

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Emotions
Feathers
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing downward
profile view
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
vertical, upright
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

brillar, fruncir, cabeza, plumas, nombres de hombres

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

tlahuia, to light the way, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuia
tlahuizoa, to let something fall, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuizo%C4%81
zoma, to frown in anger, to become angry, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zoma

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 633v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=349st=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: 
"ç" for z or tz
"d" for t
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Xiuhcoatl (Azca12)