one who helps or favors the community, the town (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
altepepaleuiani
IPAspelling:
ɑːltepeːpɑleːwiɑni
Alonso de Molina:
altepepaleuiani. procurador o fauorecedor de pueblo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.