a savage (see Molina); literally, one who resides in the woods
Orthographic Variants:
quauhtla nenqui
Alonso de Molina:
quauhtla nenqui. saluaje. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 87r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.