the act of tying something up quickly (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tlateteuh ilpiliztli. el acto de atar algo assi. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 136r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.