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tehuic.

Headword: 
tehuic.
Principal English Translation: 

toward someone, or perhaps at odds (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
teuic
IPAspelling: 
teːwiːk
Alonso de Molina: 

teuic. hazia alguno, o otra con otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 112r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

The first part of Molina (1577) also has tehuic meaning to help someone who is in danger, "fauorecer socorriendo a otro en algun peligro."
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tehuic/130026.