a jailed person; an inmate; one who is in jail (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quauhcalco tlatectli
Alonso de Molina:
quauhcalco tlatectli. encarcelado. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.