a boat used for passing from one shore/riverbank to another, i.e. a ferry (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tepanauiloni
IPAspelling:
teːpɑnɑːwiːloːni
Alonso de Molina:
tepanauiloni. barca para passar de vna ribera a otra. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 101v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.