Xochitonal (MH843v)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochitonal ("Flower Day") is attested here as a man's name. It shows an upright flower with three visible petals that have red and white stripes. The sepal has three points. Coming off the flower on both sides are what appear to be sun rays.
Stephanie Wood
juā xochitonal
Juan Xochitonal
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
flowers, flores, days, días, life force, fuerza de la vida, sun, sol, shine, brillar, warmth, calor, rayos, luminosidad, lustre, fulgor, nombres de hombres
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Xochitonal, a personal name (attested as female and male), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitonal
xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
tonal(li), day; the sun; heat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tonalli
James Lockhart (The Nahuas, 1992, 120) says Xochtonal is "Flower Fate," a name that is a poetic metaphor. Cuernavaca region, 1535–1545.
La Flor de la Energía Solar
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 843v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=743&st=image
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