one who plays or beats a teponaztli (log drum) (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
teponɑːsoɑːni
Alonso de Molina:
teponazoani. tañedor de teponaztli. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
tepunazoani. tañedor de tepunaztli. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.