to make an appeal in court (see Molina)
occe ixpan ninoteilhuiz. nicchiua apelacion. apelar. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 74v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.