to position oneself for an ambush; hide in preparation for a surprise attack (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quauhaquia
Alonso de Molina:
quauhaquia. (pret. nino. pret. oninoquauhaqui.) emboscarse. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.