to be attentive; to be attentive to what is being said, or to be captive and be transported (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
yeuailhuia
Alonso de Molina:
yeuailhuia. nitla. (pret. onitlayehuailhui.) estar atento.
yeuailhuia. nic. (pret. onicyeuailhui.) estar atento alo que se dize, o arrobarse, y estar trasportado. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 36r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.