to go around a mountain or the like; or, to take a different path to prevent from bumping into someone (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
yaualhuia
Alonso de Molina:
yaualhuia. nic. (pret. onicyaualhui.) rodear sierra o otra cosa assi.
yaualhuia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlayaualhui.) rodear por no topar con otro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 31v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.