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chicotamachihua.

Headword: 
chicotamachihua.
Principal English Translation: 

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.

themes: 
Measurements, Quantities