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yolcapixqui.

Headword: 
yolcapixqui.
Principal English Translation: 

one who takes care of horses (or beasts, or large animals, more generally)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yn que otlamania yn queni onechtequipanohuaya yn topileque yolcapixque ychcapixque milpixque tezque auh za no yuhqui tequipanolozque yn nopiltzin noxhuihuan = como me servían los topiles y guardaganados, los pastores y guardianes de las milpas y molenderas, asimesmo le han de servir a mi hijo y a mis nietos (San Cristóbal Ecatepec, 1634)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 204–205.