an exemplary person; or, one who gives signals (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
temachiotiani. persona exemplar, o señalador. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 96v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.