to captain in war; or, to order the squadrons to do battle (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
yaotequilia. nite. (pret. oniteyaotequili.) capitanear enla guerra o ordenar los esquadrones para dar batalla. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 31r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.