Xochitl Icac (Verg48r)

Xochitl Icac (Verg48r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This compound Nahuatl hieroglyph is a black-line drawing of the personal name Xochitl Icac (apparently, “Standing Flower”), attested here as a man’s name. The compound has two elements. One is a flower (xochitl) with three visible petals and a three-part stem base. The other is a human leg, shown in profile and facing right. The leg calls forth the verb icac (to stand), a verb in the present tense, which is the second word of the name. The leg with foot could also double as a phonetic complement, reinforcing the Xo- start to the name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This is the first appearance of the verb icac in this digital collection (as of March 2026).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o. xochitlicac

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Diego Xochitl Icac

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

phonetic possibilities

Syntax:

verb

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

tripartite

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

nombres de hombres, men’s names

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
icac, to stand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Flor En Pie

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Available at Codex Vergara, folio 48r, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f103.item.zoom, accessed 25 March 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/

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