to leave someone as an orphan and helpless (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
icnocaua
IPAspelling:
iknoːkɑːwɑ
Alonso de Molina:
icnocaua. nite. (pret. oniteicnocauh.) dejar huerfano y desamparado a otro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 33r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.