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acolehua.

Headword: 
acolehua.
Principal English Translation: 

to threaten to hurt someone, raising one's arm

Orthographic Variants: 
acoleua
Alonso de Molina: 

acoleua. nitla. (pret. onitlaacoleuh.) amagar, o bracear alzando el brazo
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 2v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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