a Spanish surname; sometimes taken by indigenous nobles; don Hernando Pimentel is an example (see Sahagún, in attestations); the ruler don Antonio Pimentel of Tetzcoco is another example (see the Codex Chimalpahin)
See an image that represents Pimentel in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
auh in don ant.º Pimentel motlatocatlali = And don Antonio Pimentel was installed as ruler. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
Inic matlactli omei tlatoani muchiuh tetzcuco, iehoatl in axcan tlatoani don hernando pimentel motlatocat achi cēpoalxiuitl = El tercio decimo señor de tezcuco se llamo don hernando pimentel y reynó cerca de veynte años (centro de Mexico, s. XVII)