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chachayahua.

Headword: 
chachayahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to sprinkle wheat, maize, or other seed on the ground (planting)

Orthographic Variants: 
chachayaua
IPAspelling: 
tʃɑtʃɑjɑːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

chachayaua. nitla. (pret. onitlachachayauh.) derramar o esparzir por el suelo trigo, mayz, o cosa semejante.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 18v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Ontetepeoac, onchachayaoac. Inin tlatolli, intechpa (sic) mitoaya: in aquin cenca uel tenonotza = There was sowing, there was a scattering. This was said of a royal orator who counsels the people well. Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 154–155.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Corn, Maize