Tomiyauh (MH885v)

Tomiyauh (MH885v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tomiyauh (perhaps “Our Maize Tassel”) is attested here as a woman’s name. It is also the name of a divine force that is related to the Tlaloque (sacred forces of rain), and it was a name borne by the wife of Xolotl. The glyph shows a stem with about fourteen petals. It is upright, but it curves to the right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

As of March 2026, this digital collection has three examples of the name Tomiyauh, which is a considerable number, remembering that women's names are a small minority of the names of tribute payers in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco. We have much less information about the nature and range of names given to girls at birth than we do for boys, especially from these kinds of demographic sources that are so male-centric.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

luysa tomiyauh

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

Luisa Tomiyauh

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
deity name/theonym
personal name
Syntax: 
possessive pronoun (no-, to-, i-, etc.)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Corn, Maize
Flowers
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

maíz, flores, nombres de fuerzas divinas, posesión, nombres de mujeres

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

Tomiyauhtecuhtli,sacred force; "Our Maize Tassel Lord,” https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tomiyauhtecuhtli
to-, our (possessive pronoun), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/node/175783
miyahua(tl), maize tassel-flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miyahuatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Nuestro Señor La Borla de Maíz (nombre de mujer)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 885v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=843&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).

Orthography: 
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tomiyauh (MH554v)

Tomiyauh (MH619r)

miyahuatl (MH885v)