the act of squeezing something or someone tightly (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
tɬɑteteppɑtʃoːlistɬi
Alonso de Molina:
tlateteppacholiztli. el acto de apretar desta manera. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 136r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.