to found or establish a pueblo, a town (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
ɑːltepeːtsintiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
altepetzintia. n. (pret. onaltepetzinti.) fundar pueblo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.