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tepanahui.

Headword: 
tepanahui.
Principal English Translation: 

one who is ahead of everyone else, who has the advantage at something, or one who is the conqueror/winner (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepanaui
Alonso de Molina: 

tepanaui. el que excede alos otros y les lleua ventaja en algo, o el que es vencedor.
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.