Telpozolli (MH875r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Telpozolli (perhaps “Young Warrior in Bad Condition”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man with somewhat long hair. The gloss suggests a young man or young warrior (telpochtli) who is worn out or in bad shape (-zolli).
Stephanie Wood
Perhaps the idea behind the name is that the young warrior had seen too many battles.
Stephanie Wood
juo. telpoçolli
Juan Telpozolli
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
guerra, guerreros, desgastados, nombres de hombres

telpoch(tli), son, young man, young warrior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/telpoch
-zolli, old, worn out, in bad condition, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zolli
Guerrero Jóven Desgastado
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 875r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=822&st=image.
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