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cencahua.

Headword: 
cencahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to get ready, to prepare; to notice something; to get oneself up, dress up, get ready (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
cencaua
Alonso de Molina: 

cencaua. nino. (pret. oninocencauh.) aparejarse, apercebirse, disponerse, atauiarse, o aderezarse.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 17r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

cencaua. nitla. aparejar algo assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 17r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.