something delicate such as glass that will easily break (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
amo ytech maxitlani
Alonso de Molina:
amo ytech maxitlani. cosa delicada como vidrio que luego se quiebra. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 5r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.