the act of getting down on one's knees in reverence (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
netlan quacololiztli, netlan cuacololiztli
Alonso de Molina:
netlanquacololiztli. el acto de doblegar la rodilla haziendo reuerencia. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 70v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.