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altepepalehuiani.

Headword: 
altepepalehuiani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who helps or favors the community, the town (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
altepepaleuiani
IPAspelling: 
ɑːltepeːpɑleːwiɑni
Alonso de Molina: 

altepepaleuiani. procurador o fauorecedor de pueblo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods