Toztla (MH631r)

Toztla (MH631r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Toztla is attested here as a man's name. It shows a feather that is presumably from a toztli, a yellow parrot, next to a mouth with a full set of teeth (tlantli). The translation of this name requires further research. Toztlac, saliva, could be possible if the final "c" was inadvertently dropped.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

There is a Toztlan place name (place of toztli birds), and Toztla is potentially a place of abundant toztli birds. Either way, the teeth in this compound would play a phonetic role. But neither of these place names sound appropriate for a personal name, unless an affiliation suffix were added.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

miguel
toztla

Gloss Normalization: 

Miguel Toztla

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
phonetic dimensions
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
frontal view
profile view
vertical, upright
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
left to right
Keywords: 

birds, pájaros, feathers, plumas, tooth, teeth, dientes, saliva, baba, nombres de hombres

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

toz(tli), yellow parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content-toztli
tlan(tli), tooth, teeth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlantli
-tla, a locative that speaks to an abundance of something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tla-1
toztlac, saliva, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toztlac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Loro-Dientes, o Saliva-Baba

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 631r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=344st=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).

Orthography: 
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Toztlatoa (MH544v)

Toztlan (Mdz46r)