to tell tales, tell stories to pass the time (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
çaçanilhuia
IPAspelling:
sɑːsɑnilwiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
zazanilhuia. nite. (pret. onitezazanilhui.) dezir consejuelas para passar tiempo Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.