the act of being detained, or the delay created by someone who stops somewhere on the way (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
nezaloliztli. detenimiento, o tardanza del que se detiene en alguna parte. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 064r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.