Xolochiuhyan (Mdz38r)

This simplex glyph of the place name provides a graphic syllepsis in that one can read simply xolo (page, servant, or enslaved person), or xolochtic (wrinkled), and/or the combining stem of the verb chihua ("chiuh"). The root xolo can also refer to the ancestral leader/deity Xolotl, who is often shown with a wrinkled face, too.

According to Frances Karttunen, the locative suffix -yan is one that attaches to verbs and indicates customary action. [Frances Karttunen, unpublished manuscript, quoted here with her permission.] In this case, the verb would be chihua (to make, to do). Perhaps this is a place where people get wrinkled (or live to an old age). Berdan and Anawalt wondered whether perhaps enslaved persons were made in this place, given that xolo could refer to a page, a servant, or a slave.