to feel giddy or intimidated; to intimidate someone (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
īxmauhtiā
IPAspelling:
iːʃmɑwtiɑː
Frances Karttunen:
ĪXMAUHTIĀ vrefl, vt to feel giddy or intimidated; to intimidate someone / tener algún negocio arduo entre manos, o desvanecerse la cabeza pasando por algún lugar hondo o puente estrecha y alta (M), da miedo (de no ser capaz de hacerlo) T[(3)Tp.217]. This seems to be homophonous with and in fact the same derivation as ĪXMAUHTIĀ ‘to poke someone in the eye.’ See ĪX-TLI, MAUHTIĀ
ĪXMAUHTILIĀ applic. ĪXMAUHTIĀ Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 115.