Tozquihua (MH498v)

Tozquihua (MH498v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tozquihua (here, attested as a man's name) shows a horizontal feather, probably a yellow parrot (toztli) feather. The vane is half white (on the upper half), and the lower half has some lines that may suggest lines of the vane. From the left end of the feather a wavy stream of water (atl) drops down, with one line of current in the middle and a droplet at the end. Above the top of the water are s five short vertical lines. Perhaps this latter component has something to do with the "hua," the final syllable of the name, which suggests possession.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The water may be a phonetic indicator for the final "a" in the name, pushing the reading toward "hua" (if the -hua is not already represented elsewhere). The -quihua ending of the name is also something of a homophone for -quiyauh (rain). Most likely the feather is also a phonetic indicator for voice (tozquitl). The resulting reading of the name could therefore be "He Who Possesses a Voice," or "He Who Can Sing." See below for another Tozquihua glyph. That one more directly shows speech scrolls which could either point to singing or to nahuatl (language), and serve as a phonetic indicator of the "hua" (possession) syllable.

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
possessive pronoun
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Movement
Music, Song, Dance
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
wavy
curving, curvy, curved
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Number of Parts, Other / Comment: 

Possibly three, if the extra lines point to "hua."

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
right to left
multidirectional
Reading Order, Notes: 

Possibly reading from right to left, then down, then up?

Keywords: 

nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
toz(tli), yellow parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toztli
tozqui(tl), voice, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tozquitl
nahua(tl), language, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahuatl
-hua (singular suffix for possession), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Que Tiene una Voz, o El Que Canta

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 498v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=76&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tozquihua (MH492r)