to constitute something as a deity or god, such as a statue that might be worshiped (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
teutlalia
Alonso de Molina:
teutlalia. nic. (pret. onicnoteuti.) constituir algo por dios, como nabuchodonosor a aquella estatua que mando adorar. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 112r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.