Toztlatoa (MH544v)

Toztlatoa (MH544v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This compound glyph for the perssonal name Toztlatoa, or Toztlahtoa, with the glottal stop, is attested here as a man's name. The Toz- element is shown with three yellow feathers, suggesting the yellow-headed parrot (toztli). The verb tlatoa (or tlahtoa) is shown with the volutes or speech scrolls that are emerging from the person's mouth just like the feathers. The implication would be a name such as "Yellow-Speak."

Description, 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)

verb

visible movement

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

toz(tli), yellow parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toztli
tlatoa, to speak, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatoa-0

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 544v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=168&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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