Iyexochitl (Verg32v)

Iyexochitl (Verg32v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This compound Nahuatl hieroglyph is a black-line drawing of the personal name Iyexochitl (“Tobacco Flower”), attested here as a man’s name. It shows an upright flower with three visible petals. Below the flower’s base, at an angle, is a small tobacco (iyetl) smoking tube. Another glyph for Iyexochitl appears on folio 29 verso, but that one does not have this important element that makes clear what kind of flower this is.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The Matrícula de Huexotzinco includes a woman’s name Iyexoch, while in this case the name is attested as male. The presence or absence of the absolutive ending (-tl) does not make any obvious difference in the name. An example of the place name Xochiyetlan shows further support for the importance of the tobacco flower.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

mīn. Ynhexochitl.

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Martín Iyexochitl

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Vergara, Codex (Verg)

Date of Manuscript:

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

near Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

flores, tubo de fumar, nombres de hombres, men’s names

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

iyexoch(itl), tobacco flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iyexochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Flor de Tabaco

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Available at Codex Vergara, folio 32v, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f72.item.zoom, accessed 22 February 2026. The Vergara is associated with Tepetlaoztoc, in the larger region of Tetzcoco, c. 1539–1543. “Source gallica.bnf.fr / BnF.” We would also appreciate a citation to the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/.

Image Source, Rights:

Image Rights: The non-commercial reuse of images from the Bibliothèque nationale de France is free as long as the user is in compliance with the legislation in force and provides the citation: “Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France” or “Source gallica.bnf.fr / BnF.” We would also appreciate a citation to the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/

Orthography:

"y" for i

dropped "y"

intrusive "h" or "hu"

intrusive "n"

intrusive period

Historical Contextualizing Image: