Zacacatl (MH625r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for grasses (zacatl) doubles as the personal name, Zacacatl (here, attested as male). This cluster for grass, hay, or straw has one flower at the apex, and the plant has visible roots.
Stephanie Wood
The man who bears this name may be from a place called Zacaco (today, Zacanco), given the presence of the -catl (ethnic affiliation) on the end of the noun zacatl. The "n" in Zacacatl and Zacanco would seem to be intrusive.
Stephanie Wood
juseph
çacācatl
Josef
Zacacatl
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
paja, pastos, malezas, heno, straw, hay, grasses, weeds, ethnicities, etnicidades, afiliación con un pueblo, nombres de hombres
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ZacancatlMH625rSmplxPerNamMale.png?itok=5EyZwdrH)
zacancatl, someone from Zacanco, or a personal name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacancatl
zaca(tl), grasses, weeds, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacatl
(persona de Zacanco o un nombre personal)
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 625r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=332st=image.
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