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tlamacehuani.

Headword: 
tlamacehuani.
Principal English Translation: 

a penitent, or one who performs certain exercises in order to be deserving; a person in a hermitage or a convent (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlamaceuani
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑmɑhseːwɑni
Alonso de Molina: 

tlamaceuani. penitente, o el que haze algunos exercicios para merecer, hermitaño o beata &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 125r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.