to hide oneself in the shade of something (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlayoualli nicnotoctia
Alonso de Molina:
tlayoualli nicnotoctia. (pret. tlayoualli onicnotocti.) esconderse ala sombra de algo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 122r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.