for something to break or divide into four parts (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
nauhcan quiza. (pret. nauhcan oquiz.) quebrarse o partirse algo en quatro partes. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 063v. col. 2. v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.