for a lot of people to be on their feet, standing up (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
moquetztimani. (pret. omoquetzimanca.) estar muchos leuantados en pie. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 060r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.