to put up a platform or throne for the indigenous ruler (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlahtoca icpalteca
Alonso de Molina:
tlatoca icpalteca. ni. (pret. onitlatoca icpaltecac.) poner estrado o tenderlo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 140v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.