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axiltia.

Headword: 
axiltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to request or to add that which is lacking; to accompany or follow someone until reaching a resting place; to cause something to arrive or get somewhere

IPAspelling: 
ɑhʃiltiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

axiltia. nitla. (pret. onitlaaxilti.) suplir, o añadir lo que falta.
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.

axiltia. nite. (pret. oniteaxilti.) acompañar o seguir a otro hasta su posada.
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.

axiltia. nic. (pret. onicaxilti.) hazer que llegue algo a alguna parte.
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.

axiltia. notechnic. notech onicaxiti. allegar algo assi.
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: 

AHXILTIĀ vt to make something up, to complete something; to see someone to his place / suplir, o añadir lo que falta (M), acompañar o seguir a otro hasta su posada (M), hacer que llegue algo a alguna parte (M) altern. caus. AHCI
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 9.