to visit or make an inspection of indigenous communities, towns, and cities
IPAspelling:
ɑːltepeːittɑ
Alonso de Molina:
altepeitta. n. (pret. onaltepeittac.) visitar los pueblos, villas, o ciudades. 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.