someone who detains other (keeps them a long time) (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
teuecauani
Alonso de Molina:
teuecauani. el que detiene a otros. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 111v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.