Tozquihua (MH497r)

Tozquihua (MH497r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tozquihua (seemingly, "He has a Good Singing Voice") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows two feathers that probably come from a toztli (yellow-headed parrot). They provide a phonetic indication for the start of the name, Toz-. Tozquitl, the semantic root, refers to voice. The -hua (possession) is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Tozquihua was also the name of a Chalcan lord. So, if this man was not named for having a good voice, perhaps he was named for the famous person.

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, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as phonogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

frontal view

vertical, upright

Keywords:

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

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 497r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=73&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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