to unload or to lighten a ship or boat (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
atlantoxaua
IPAspelling:
ɑːtɬɑːntoʃɑːwɑ
Alonso de Molina:
atlantoxaua. nitla. (pret. onitla atlan toxauh.) alijar nauio. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 8r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.