Pitztli (MH874v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Pitztli (perhaps "Blowing Device" or "Fruit Pit") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph appears to refer to the buccal mask associated with the blowing of wind by the divine force, Ehecatl. This could serve as a semantic hint for the verb pitza, to blow. A pitztli, as the name is glossed, is supposed to be the pit of a piece of fruit. If the glyph does refer to the latter, it is a phonetic indicator.
Stephanie Wood
juā pitztli
Juan Pitztli
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
máscara, mascarilla, boca, soplar, viento, hueso de fruta, nombres de hombres
pitza, to blow on something, to play a wind instrument, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pitza
ehecatl, wind, the divine force of wind, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehecatl
matlapitza, to whistle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlapitza
pitz(tli), the pit or stone of a fruit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pitztli
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 874v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=820&st=image
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