Tochipaina (MH724v)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tochipaina (perhaps “Rabbit Runs Fast”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows the head of a rabbit (tochtli) in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. A line connects the rabbit’s head with two alternating footprints that represent the verb to run fast (paina). The alternation of the right and then the left foot suggests movement across the landscape.
Stephanie Wood
The truncated verb, Pain, is a somewhat common name. A couple of examples appear below. The name Yaopain, which seems to refer to a fast-running warrior, also appears in this collection.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
correr rápido, conejos, nombres de hombres
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toch(tli), rabbit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tochtli
paina, to run fast, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/paina
Conejo Que Corre Rápido
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 724v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=527&st=image
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