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tepepena.

Headword: 
tepepena.
Principal English Translation: 

to choose people, elect people

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

amo tepepenaz = no escogerá persona (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, s. XVI)
Luis Reyes García, "Ordenanzas para el gobierno de Cuauhtinchan, año de 1559," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 252–253.

themes: 
Politics, Power, Governance