to ask a question with precaution and dissimulation (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
nauallalania
IPAspelling:
nɑːwɑllɑlɑniɑ
Alonso de Molina:
nauallalania. nite. (pret. onitenauallalani.) preguntar algo con cautela y disimulacion. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 063v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.