something divided in various ways, or something with different properties (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
mieccan quizqui. cosa diuidida assi, o en diuersas maneras, o cosa de diferentes propriedades. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 56r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.