to swim using the hands (swim with the hands) or a veneer in the water (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
mauitequi
IPAspelling:
mɑːwiteki
Alonso de Molina:
mauitequi. nitla. nadar con las manos, o chapear en el agua. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 54r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.