people, or shocking threats that cause people to be afraid and startled (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
temamauhtique. personas, o fieras espantosas que ponen temor y espanto. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 97r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.