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atle niquixcahua.

Headword: 
atle niquixcahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to be short (tight?) or scarce (see Molina, who gives the example in the first person singular)

Orthographic Variants: 
atle niquixcaua
Alonso de Molina: 

atle niquixcaua. (pret. atle oniquixcauh.) ser apretado o escasso.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 8v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

See also: 
atle.
ixcahua.