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emilli.

Headword: 
emilli.
Principal English Translation: 

a beanfield; or, the ground in which beans, or lima beans are planted and cultivated (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
emiːlli
Alonso de Molina: 

emilli. eredad de frisoles, o de hauas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 29r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

From etl (beans) and milli (cultivated field).

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising