Tozquihua (MH492r)

Tozquihua (MH492r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tozquihua (perhaps "He Can Sing") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph has two predominant elements. One is an upright feather that probably pertains to a yellow bird, given the name (toztli). Around the feather are three simple speech scrolls, seemingly referring to an agreeable sound (nahuatl), and possibly providing the phonetic syllable -hua (possession) part of the name. But the scrolls could also refer to voice, tozquitl, given that the meaning of the name relates to someone having a good singing voice.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Feathers found in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco are often associated with the toztli, even though the glyphs are usually only black-line drawings with no yellow paint. Tozquihua was also the name of a Chalcan lord, so it is possible that this person was named for him.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

hua syllable (from nahuatl, speech)

noun(s)

phrase or sentence

possessive suffix (-hua)

visual sound

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition, Languages

Cultural Content, Credit:

Xitlali Torres

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

volute(s)

Keywords:

song, sing, cantar, canción, voz, plumas, nombres famosos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tozquihua, someone with a singing voice, a rulerly name also given to commoners, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tozquihua
tozqui(tl), throat, voice, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tozquitl
toz(tli), a yellow bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toztli
-hua (suffix of singular possession), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua
nahua(tl), speech, or an agreeable sound,https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahuatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Poseedor de una Voz, o El Que Canta

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 492r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=63&st=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).

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