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tzatzayanqui.

Headword: 
tzatzayanqui.
Principal English Translation: 

something broken, torn, shattered, split, or cracked in many places or into many parts (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tsɑhtsɑjɑːnki
Alonso de Molina: 

tzatzayanqui. cosa rota, rasgada, despedazada, hendida o resquebrajada en muchas partes.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 151v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.