for a woman to be afflicted because her husband is too attached, excessively devoted; or, because she (or he?) has a serious illness (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
chauacocoya
Alonso de Molina:
chauacocoya. estar afligida la muger porque su marido esta amancebado, o por tener alguna grave enfermedad. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 19r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.