to make cocoa, a chocolate beverage (see Molina); combines a- (liquid, water) with -chihua (the verb, to make)
IPAspelling:
ɑːtʃiːwɑ
Alonso de Molina:
achiua. n. (pret. onachiuh.) hazer cacao. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 2r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
achiua. nitla. (pret. onitlaachiuh.) hazer algo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 2r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.