to do something by means of making fun of someone or to pass the time
Orthographic Variants:
camanalchiua
IPAspelling:
kɑmɑnɑltʃiːwɑ
Alonso de Molina:
camanalchiua. nitla. (pret. onitlacamanalchiuh.) hazer algo por via de burla o passatiempo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 12r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.