something loose or poorly tied down; something mild, weak, lacking in substance
IPAspelling:
kɑʃɑːnki
Alonso de Molina:
caxanqui. cosa floxa o mal atada. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
Frances Karttunen:
CAXĀNQUI something mild, weak, lacking in substance, loose / cosa floja o mal atada (M), blando, suave, flojo, suelta (tierra), tierno (T) [(1)Tp.115]. See CAXĀN(I), CAXALTIC. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 26.