Huecatlacatli (MH774v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Huecatlacatli is attested here as a man's name. The full interpretation of this glyph still requires some thought. It shows a man's head in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Around his neck is a collar attached to a stick, the usual way for showing an enslaved person. But the gloss does not refer to tlacotli (enslaved person) or tlacotl (stick). Hueca- refers to "far away," perhaps meaning an outsider. The gloss says -tlacatli (by day) but perhaps it is intending tlacatl (person). If so, perhaps someone from far away could be captured, taken prisoner, and made a slave.
Stephanie Wood
antho vecatlacatli
Antonio Huecatlacatli
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
esclavitud, extranjeros, nombres de hombres, etnicidades
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hueca, far away, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hueca
huecauh, a long time, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huecauh
tlaca(tli), by day; day, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacatli
tlaca(tl), person,
tlacoyotl, slavery, servitude, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacoyotl
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 774v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=623&st=image
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