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cuechahua.

Headword: 
cuechahua.
Principal English Translation: 

to end up humid, damp, moist (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuechaua
IPAspelling: 
kwetʃɑːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

cuechaua. pararse algo humido, o liento.
cuechaua. nitla. (pret. onitlacuechauh.) relentecer o humedecer algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 25v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CUECHĀHU(A) to get moist, damp / pararse algo húmedo o liento (M) This is indirectly attested in CUECHĀHUAC, CUECHĀHUALIZ-TLI, and CUECHĀHUALLŌ-TL
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 67.