the singer who begins or raises the song (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
cuicaito. cantor que comienza o leuanta el canto. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 26v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.