for a barb or a spine to poke one's foot; or, to stab with a lance in battle, or to stab an animal (see Molina)
auh no yhquac. yn o iuh qualoc tonatiuh nimãn ic peuh ỹ nican ciudad mexico miyec tlacatl. oychtaca micq̃ in timacehualtin. yhuã españoles. ỹ quimixilia. huel yuh tlamico ỹ xihuitl de 1611. a˚s. yn ichtacamicohuac = And also when the solar eclipse was over, it began that here in the city of Mexico many people were killed by stealth, we commoners and Spaniards who were stabbed. Right until the end of the year of 1611 people were murdered by stealth (central Mexico, 1611)