Quizacuahua (MH722r)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quizacuahua is attested here as a man’s name. It has yet to be deciphered fully. The start of the name Quiza- is a verb that can mean “to end up.” But the -zacuahua part of the name (which somewhat overlaps with quiza, unfortunately) might mean to be tired and starving. The glyph shows a man with somewhat unruly hair and with dark curling volutes coming from his mouth. This representation could suggest the kind of dire straits that the verbs suggest. A scene showing famine in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis shows somewhat darkened volutes coming out of the mouths of people (see below).