Cihuaxoch (MH755v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex name for Cihuaxoch (perhaps “Woman-Flower”) or Tzihuacxoch (perhaps “Agave Flower”) is shown here as a woman’s name. The glyph appears to be a long, vertical flower (xochitl) of some sort, perhaps on a cactus (tzihuactli). Ink has been smeared over this glyph in an apparent attempt to exclude it from the list. A footprint nearby may suggest that the woman had left the settlement.
Stephanie Wood
Note how this glyph compares to Tzihuacxoch glyphs, below. It would also be worthwhile comparing this glyph with other similar names held by men.
Stephanie Wood
ana.cihacxoch
Ana Cihuaxoch
Stephanie Wood & Jeff Haskett-Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
flores, nombres de mujeres
cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl
xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
tzihuac(tli), small agave with spiny flower stalk, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzihuactli
Mujer-Flor, o Agave Flor
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 755v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=589&st=image
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