a thinness, such as is found in a delicate cloth (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
canauacayotl
Alonso de Molina:
canauacayotl. delgadez assi. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 12r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.