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teicnocahualiztli.

Headword: 
teicnocahualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the situation of being an orphan and being left unprotected (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
teicnocaualiztli
IPAspelling: 
teːiknoːkɑːwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

teicnocaualiztli. orfandady desamparo del que queda huerfano y desamparado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 94v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.