to stop or take a shortcut with people or livestock, or cross in front of another (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
yacauiltequi
IPAspelling:
jɑkɑwilteki
Alonso de Molina:
yacauiltequi. nite. (pret. oniteyacauiltec.) aquedar o atajar gente o ganado, o atrauesar delante de otro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 30v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.