something useless that has no purpose (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
atle ynecca
Alonso de Molina:
atle ynecca. cosa sin prouecho que no sirue para nada. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 8v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.