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chitecuini.

Headword: 
chitecuini.
Principal English Translation: 

to go along setting fires, or cause an outbreak of fire

Alonso de Molina: 

chitecuini. (pret. ochitecuin.) yrse encendiendo el fuego, o dar estallido el fuego.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 21v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense