a vision or a phantom that appears at night; a ghost (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
youaltetzauitl
IPAspelling:
jowɑlteːtsɑːwitɬ
Alonso de Molina:
youaltetzauitl. vision o fantasma que parece de noche. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 41v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.