Headword:
huacalli.
Principal English Translation:
a frame for carrying things on people's backs (see Molina); or a container for carrying maize; also, a personal name, Huacal
Orthographic Variants:
uacalli, vacalli, Uacal
IPAspelling:
wɑkɑlli
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents huacalli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
ahocmo zen vacalli on vacalli nechmomaquilliya zentzintli = ya ni me daba un huacal o dos huacales de mazorca (maíz) (Tlaxcala, 1568)
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