to stalk or spy, to put an enemy in a tough spot (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
nauallalilia
Alonso de Molina:
nauallalilia. nite. (pret. onitenauallalili.) asechar o armar algun lazo al enemigo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 063v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.