the act of recording the names of people in the tribute lists, the taking of a census (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tetoca icuiloliztli. empadronamiento, o el acto de escreuir a alguno enla matricula. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 110v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.