rise up to something, taking it with caution and with dissimulation (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
naualchiua
IPAspelling:
nɑːwɑltʃiːwɑ
Alonso de Molina:
naualchiua. nitla. (pret. onitlanaualchiuh.) alzarse con algo, tomandolo con cautela y con disimulacion. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 063r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.