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nenqui.

Headword: 
nenqui.
Principal English Translation: 

to go about from here to there, wasting time (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
nenki
Alonso de Molina: 

nenqui. (pret. ani.) andar de aca para alla, perdiendo tiempo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 68v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.