Teonolxochitl (MH722r)

Teonolxochitl (MH722r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Teonolxochitl is attested here as a woman’s name. It has yet to be analyzed fully. The stone (tetl) provides the phonetic indicator for the start to the name, Te- or perhaps Teo-. The stone is horizontal with a dark diagonal stripe and curling ends. The -onol- element may come from onoltia, which is a reverential form of onoc, to be stretched out in a horizontal position. Perhaps the flower (xochitl) above the stone is a nochtli (prickly pear cactus flowering fruit). Perhaps this image is used as a kind of homophone (Teonol- ≅ Tenoch-), where Tenoch- is the better-known start to the name of the Nahua capital, Tenochtitlan.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Women's names in this collection are rare compared to men's because married women and daughters are represented by the male head of household, the person responsible for most tribute payments. Notice how women's names often have a flower component (-xoch-), more often than men's. See other examples of the name Teonolxochitl below. A fuller analysis and a translation of the name requires further research.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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Keywords: 

piedras, flores, nombres de hombres

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

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 722r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=522&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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