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.