Tozquihua (MH634r)

Tozquihua (MH634r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tozquihua (literally, "He Has a Voice," so perhaps "He Can Sing") is attested here as a man's name. The two elements are a bird (apparently the toztli, a phonetic indicator for throat/voice), and a feather, likely also from this same bird, as an added semantic indicator, perhaps because this bird was not only prized for its feathers but also for its song. Tozquitl refers to the throat and the voice, but can be extended to singing well. The possessor suffix -hua is not shown visually here.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Tozquihua was also the name of a Chalcan lord, so perhaps this person was given a famous name, if there was no intention to refer to his singing voice.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully phonographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

voz, cantar, canciones, música, pájaros, plumas, feathers, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

toz(tli), yellow headed parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toztli
tozquihua, someone with a voice, also the name of a famous lord of Chalco, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tozquihua
tozqui(tl), throat, voice, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tozquitl
-hua, possession, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Alguien Con una Voz

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 634r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=350&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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