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tlatlacaahuilana.

Headword: 
tlatlacaahuilana.
Principal English Translation: 

to waylay or spy on someone (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatlacaauilana
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtɬɑːkɑɑːwiːlɑːnɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatlacaauilana. nite. (pret. onitetlatlacaauilan.) asechar o espiar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 136v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.