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zannenyo.

Headword: 
zannenyo.
Principal English Translation: 

something superfluous or without benefit

Orthographic Variants: 
zan nenyo, çannenyo, çan nenyo
Alonso de Molina: 

zannenyo. cosa superflua, o sin prouecho.
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: 

Even by itself, nenyo (often preceded by zen or çen), means superfluous, useless, without benefit. Here, it is preceded by zan (or çan), meaning "just." Just useless.
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana redactado según los documentos impresos y manuscritos más auténticos y precedido de una introducción (Mexico: Siglo Veintiuno, 1996, {1885}), 328.