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temaquixtiliztli.

Headword: 
temaquixtiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

salvation, redemption, deliverance (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
teːmɑːkiːʃtilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

temaquixtiliztli. saluacion tal, o redempcion.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 97r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TĒMĀQUĪXTILIZ-TLI salvation, deliverance / salvación tal o redención (M] [(3)Zp.109,113,220). In all three attestations the vowel of the fourth syllable is marked long, although by general rule it should be short. See MĀQUĪXTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 222.