Tequitotol (MH639v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tequitotol ("Cut Turkey," or "Turkey Tribute") is attested here as a man's name or perhaps his duty/occupation. Perhaps he was in charge of raising or collecting the turkeys that had to be paid in tribute/tax to the Indigenous municipal officers or to the Spanish colonial officials.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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totol(in), wild turkey or turkey hen, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/totolin
tequi, to cut, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequi
tequi(tl), tribute duty, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequitl
Tributo en Pavo
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 639v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=361st=image.
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