cuitihuetzi.

Headword: 
cuitihuetzi.
Principal English Translation: 

to pick or lash out at someone (see Molina); to turn back or retreat quickly; to snatch something, to assault something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuitiuetzi
IPAspelling: 
kwitiwetsi
Alonso de Molina: 

cuitiuetzi. nite. (pret. onitecuitiuetz.) apechugar, o arremeter contra alguno.
cuitiuetzi. nino. (pret. oninocuitiuetz.) tornar, o boluer sobresi, o espantarse del trueno o de cosa semejante.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 27r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CUITIHUETZ(I) vrefl,vt to turn back or retreat quicky; to take something quickly; to snatch something, to assault something / tornar, o volver sobre sí, o espantarse el trueno o de cosa semejante (M), tomar o arrebatar algo de priesa (M), apechugar o arremeter contra alguno (M) See CUI, HUETZ(I). CUITIHUECHILIĀ applic. CUITIHUETZ(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 72.