Alacic (MH577v)

The gloss starts with "ala" or "al" which could be a borrowing from the Spanish language, as examples such as a la calle, a la huerta, a la China, etc., in our Online Nahuatl Dictionary show are a possibility here, too. The use of such prepositions and articles, however, are not usually translated. They have just become fused to the word at the end of the expression. In the case of this simplex glyph, what remains at the end is -acic, he arrived. So this is the tentative translation for the glyph.

Footprint glyphs have a wide range of translations. In this collection, so far, we can attest to yauh, xo, pano, -pan, paina, temo, nemi, quetza, otli, iyaquic hualiloti, huallauh, tetepotztoca, totoco, -tihui, and the vowel "o." Other research (Herrera et al, 2005, 64) points to additional terms, including: choloa, tlaloa, totoyoa, eco, aci, quiza, maxalihui, centlacxitl, and xocpalli.