an enslaved human being who is for sale; or, the business of trading in enslaved human beings (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tlacotiamictli. esclauo que se vende en almoneda, o trato y mercaduria de vender y comprar esclauos. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 119r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.