to totter along (see Karttunen) here and there, twisting and turning (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
nehnecuiloā
IPAspelling:
nehnekwiloɑː
Alonso de Molina:
nenecuiloa. nino. (pret. oninonenecuilo.) bambanearse a vna parte y a otra. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 68r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
Frances Karttunen:
NEHNECUILOĀ vrefl to totter along / bambanearse a una parte y a otra (M) This is implied by ĪXTENEHNECUIL-LI. redup. NECUILOĀ. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 162.