a minister/priest and servant of the temples of pre-Columbian times (see Molina); also, the deities associated with Tlalocan (see Sahagún); there were towns named Tlamacazompan (Codex Mendoza 36r) and Tlamacazcatzinco (Historia Tolteca Chichimeca); finally, this is a "derisive" name for a bird, the Mourning Dove (see Hunn, attestations)
to do penance, or to become deserving for someone (see Molina); also seen in association with becoming deserving of founding a town, of having a town over which to rule (see attestations)