to remove leaves from trees or cut branches from them (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quauhxiuhcotona
Alonso de Molina:
quauhxiuhcotona. nitla. (pret. onitlaquauhxiuhcoton.) deshojar arboles, o cortar ramos dellos. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 87v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.