to measure in a way that comes up short or lacking (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
chicotamachiua
Alonso de Molina:
chicotamachiua. nitla. (pret. onitlachicotamachiuh.) medir corto o falto, o medir tuerto. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 20v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.