an elector, or one who chooses or elects someone (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
teːpehpenɑni
Alonso de Molina:
tepepenani. elector o escogedor. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 102v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.