to cause fear or reverence (see attestations)
"...icuac tlamauhtico tlacaichtequi ipan miercoles mochi ocalac teopan in tlatlaca ihuan in pipiltzitzintin (p. 763)" = "At this time an abductor came causing terror. On Wednesday all of the adults and children entered the church (to take refuge)." (Anales de Puebla y Tlaxcala, no. 1, part 2, 1519–1697)
mahuiztilia, maucaitta, y tlamauhtia = comunican el temor y la reverencia
Las emociones como dispositivos para la comprehensión del mundo social, coords. Enríquez-Rosas, R., y López-Sánchez, O. (2017), see p. 328.