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nenehuihuilia.

Headword: 
nenehuihuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to compare or measure up (tentative translation from Molina; SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
neneuiuilia
Alonso de Molina: 

neneuiuilia. nite. prouar si son algunos tan altos como otra persona, o si las otras piedras preciosas son yguales a alguna especial y mas rica. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 68r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Measurements, Quantities