an eddy, a whirlpool (see Karttunen); a whirlpool in water that has a current (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
ɑːʃiːktɬi
Alonso de Molina:
axictli. remolino de agua que corre. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 10r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
Frances Karttunen:
ĀXĪC-TLI pl: -MEH eddy, whirlpool / remolino de agua que corre (M) [(1)Tp.171]. See Ā-TL, XĪC-TLI. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 15.