to order someone to do or make something (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
chiuhtlani. nic. vel. nicte. (pret. onicchiuhtlan. vel. onictechiuhtlan.) mandar hazer algo a otro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 21v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.