to air out, cool, dry, or refresh something by putting it in the open air or out in the breeze (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
ecauatza
IPAspelling:
ehkɑwɑːtsɑ
Alonso de Molina:
ecauatza. nitla. (pret. onitlaecauatz.) orear algo, poniendolo al ayre. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 28r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.