Ocoxoch (MH644r)
This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ocoxoch (perhaps “Clover Flower”) which refers to a fragrant mountain flower that grows on a type of clover that has medicinal uses. It is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows swirling plant parts--perhaps tendrils--with a small, upright bud at the top and center.
Stephanie Wood
Women's names in this collection are rare compared to men's because married women and daughters are represented by the male head of household, the person responsible for most tribute payments. Notice how women's names often have a flower component (-xoch-), much more often than men's. But one of the other people with this flower as a name, below, is a man.
Stephanie Wood
cecillia ocoxoch
Cecilia Ocoxoch
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
plantas, flores, trébol, nombres de mujeres
ocoxoch(itl), a flower that grows on a type of clover, it is also a medicinal plant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ocoxochitl
Flor de Trébol
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 644r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=370&st=image
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