to take something for another with caution and dissimulation (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
naualcuilia
IPAspelling:
nɑːwɑlkwiliɑ
Alonso de Molina:
naualcuilia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlanaualcuili.) tomar algo a otro con cautelosa 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.