one who vigorously twists a rope or a cord (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tlateteuhmalinani. el que tuerce reziamente soga, o cordel. &c. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 136r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.