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a person's name (attested as male); the title of a person associated with the tecpan or perhaps the neighborhood surrounding it; sometimes there is a confusion between this term and Tepanecatl, a person of a certain ethnicity of prehispanic origins, connected to the Chichimecas and associated with the northern part of the basin of Mexico, whose principal altepetl was Azcapotzalco
See an image that represents Tecpanecatl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
ytoca tecpanecatl = named Tecpanecatl (Cuernavaca region, ca. 1540s)
Tomás Tecpanecatl = a personal name, attested male, a Mexica, arrested in Mexico City for protesting rising tributes in July 1564
yn texeda quinavati yn notlatzi catca tecpanecatl Quauhchocholouatzin ynic nechpiliz nocuen yn ayac nechcuiliz = Tejeda le notificó a mi tío difunto Tecpanecatl Quechocholouatzin para que me cuidara mi tierra y nadie me lo arrebatara (Tlaxcala, 1563)