Xochtlamali (MH738r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochtlamali (“Flower Catcher”) is attested here as a woman’s name. It shows two flowers, each one with three petals and a tripartite sepal. The stems of the flowers are entwined all the way to the bottom, forming one piece. The twisted stems recall twisted grass (malinalli), which might serve as a phonetic indicator for the verb tlamalia (to capture for another person).