Teonolxochitl (MH722r)
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.
Stephanie Wood
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.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
piedras, flores, nombres de hombres

te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl
onoltia, reverential of onoc, to lay something out, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/onoltia
noloa, to bend or fold over, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/noloa
xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 722r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=522&st=image
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