to rebel against the cabecera (head town); or separate and establish an independent entity(?) (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
ceccan ninotlalia. (pret. ceccan oninotlali.) reuelarse contra la cabecera. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 15r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.