a penitent, or one who performs certain exercises in order to be deserving; a person in a hermitage or a convent (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlamaceuani
IPAspelling:
tɬɑmɑhseːwɑni
Alonso de Molina:
tlamaceuani. penitente, o el que haze algunos exercicios para merecer, hermitaño o beata &c. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 125r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.