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cuenchihua.

Headword: 
cuenchihua.
Principal English Translation: 

to work the soil; to work the land (see Molina); literally, to "make" or work the cuemitl

Orthographic Variants: 
cuenchiua
IPAspelling: 
kweːntʃiːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

cuenchiua. ni. labrar tierra.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 26r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Landscape Features
See also: 
cuemitl.