Xochhua (Verg10v)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochhua (“Flower Possessor,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of an upright flower (xochitl) with three visible petals, a tripartite sepal, and a short stem. Coming down from the flower on the left side is a stream of water (atl) featuring four little splashes, with alternating droplets/beads and turbinate shells at the tips. This "a" vowel sound suggests a phonetic role in the "hua" possessive suffix. To the left of the flower are three volutes, something like speech scrolls, referring to language (nahuatl). Perhaps the "nahuatl" is provided as a phonetic clue for the "hua" suffix, too