to say something prudently or elegantly (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
nematcaihtoa
IPAspelling:
nemɑtkɑːihtoɑ
Alonso de Molina:
nematcaitoa. nitla. (pret. onitlanematcaito.) dezir algo prudente, o elegantemente. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 67r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.