Teoatzinco (Mdz16r)

This compound glyph for the place name Teoatzinco has three prominent visuals, a half-circle, multi-colored symbol for divine force(s) (teotl), a rounded container with water (atl), and the lower half of a male body emphasizing the rear end, bottom, or buttocks (tzintli) with the knees tucked up. The buttocks provides the phonetic value for the diminutive locative -tzinco. The teotl sign has a yellow background, with red, turquoise blue, green, and white details. The atl container has turquoise blue water and a green and yellow, segmented frame. The buttocks is typically maie and painted a terracotta color. It is upright, in profile, facing to the viewer's left, and it has a white belt that would have held up the loincloth (not otherwise visible). The -co locative suffix is not shown visually.