one who lives or resides in a house belonging to another person (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tepal mocallotia. el que biue o mora en casa agena. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 101v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.