to be taken by surprise; to diminish or drain something (See Karttunen)
IPAspelling:
telotʃkwi
Frances Karttunen:
TELOCHCUI vrefl,vt to be taken by surprise; to diminish or drain something / sobresalta, se sorprende (T), lo achica (p. ej. agua cuando hay poca en la tinaja) (T) [(7)Tp.158,203].
TELOCHCUĪHUA altern. nonact. TELOCHCUI.
TELOCHCUĪHUA altern. nonact. TELOCHCUI. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 220.