Tlapaltecatl (MH522r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tlapaltecatl (meaning "Person from Tlapallan"), attested here as a man’s name, shows a red (tlapalli) upright rectangle. It has a striped triangular object that looks like a support holding it up, which may suggest strength (tlahpalli). So, perhaps the red rectangle is a phonetic complement, and the triangular part is actually the primary contributor to the name. Other possible contributors are atlapalli (bird wing) or -tlapal (side). The -tecatl ending on the name suggests an affiliation with a place, probabyl a place called Tlapallan, and so the name is really an ethnic affiliation with a certain altepetl.