dormitory, inn, cell, or sleeping chamber (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
cochiuayan
IPAspelling:
kotʃiːwɑyɑːn
Alonso de Molina:
cochiuayan. dormitorio, meson, celda o camara para dormir. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 23r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
Frances Karttunen:
COCHĪHUAYĀN bedroom, dormitory / dormitorio mesón, celda, o cama para dormir (M) [(1)Cf.51r]. See COCHĪHUA, -YĀN. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 36.