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nenecuiloa.

Headword: 
nenecuiloa.
Principal English Translation: 

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.