those who govern the republic or indigenous community (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
totechiuhcauan
Alonso de Molina:
totechiuhcauan. los que gouiernan y rijen la republica. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 150r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.