to make a wide avenue or road; or, to level off the foundation of a building (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tepechmana. nitla. (pret. onitlatepechman.) hazer calzada o camino ancho, o ygualar cimiento de edificio. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 102v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.