for the sick person to get worse, bit by bit, without feeling it or without paying attention to the illness (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
auillanaui
IPAspelling:
ɑːwillɑnɑːwi
Alonso de Molina:
auillanaui. n. (pret. onauillanauh.) empeorarse el enfermo poco a poco, sin sentir, o sin hazer mucho caso dela enfermedad. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 9v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.