overlook and observe from a watchtower the sentry in war (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
yaotlachia. ni. (pret. oniyaotlachix.) atalayar la centinela enla guerra. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 31r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.