a sailor's oar (see Molina); or a punting pole (see attestations)
Orthographic Variants:
auictli
IPAspelling:
ɑːwiktɬi
Alonso de Molina:
auictli. remo de marinero. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 9v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.