a platform or a throne, upon which judges sat (see Molina); literally, a seat for lordly-rulers (SW)
Orthographic Variants:
tecutlatoca icpalli, teuctlatoca icpalli
Alonso de Molina:
tecutlatoca icpalli. los estrados, donde juzgan o sentencian los oydores. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 93v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.