somebody's child, whether a son or a daughter (see Molina); offspring, someone well born (see Karttunen); a noble (see Sahagún)
in tepiltzin, nane, tate taoa, tequixti, cemoquichtli centeconetl, teach, teiccauh, iacapantli, tlacoeoa, xocoiutl ueltioa, iccaue, cule, cioa, tlaçotli, tlaçotlaloni, neneconi, tlatlaçotlaloni, teiolloimecaio, aixcaoaloni, axiccaoaloni, tlaxexeluiloni. = The noble has a mother , a father. He resembles his parents. [He is] an only man, an only child, an older brother, a younger brother, a first born, a second child, [or] a youngest sister; he has a grandfather, a grandmother. [He is] esteemed, lovable, good of lineage; not to be neglected, not to be ignored. [He is] one to share things with. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
tepil = the son, the child
tepilhuan (plural) = the children, the next generation, those who will inherit the town; the nobles; the population
canel yte[c]h quitazque yn tepilhuan yn canin mani yn altepetlalli = en él los hijos verán de verdad dónde están situadas las tierras del pueblo