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zannennenqui.

Headword: 
zannennenqui.
Principal English Translation: 

literally, one who lives in vain or lives for no purpose; Molina gives: vagabond

Orthographic Variants: 
zan nen nenqui, zannen nenqui, çannennenqui, çannen nenqui, çan nen nenqui
Alonso de Molina: 

zannennenqui. vagamundo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 14v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents zannennenqui in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).