to make a fence for someone (see Molina); or, to build an enclosure or house of sticks or stalks for someone
IPAspelling:
tʃinɑːntiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
chinantia. nino. (pret. oninochinanti.) lo mesmo es que chinancaltia. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 21r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.