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tecpanquizqui.

Headword: 
tecpanquizqui.
Principal English Translation: 

he who orders, a member of the town council (cabildo); root is tecpan (municipal palace or royal palace)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

tecpanquizque = ordenador
Anneliese Monnich, "El Altepeamatl de Ocoyacac, México," Indiana 2 (1974), 171.