to make someone raise his/her/their head (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
ɑːketsɑltiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
aquetzaltia. nite. (pret. oniteaquetzalti.) hazer alzar la cabeza a otro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 7r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.