to remove leaves or take branches from trees (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quauhxiuhtlaza
Alonso de Molina:
quauhxiuhtlaza. nitla. (pret. onitlaquauhxiuhtlaz.) deshojar o quitar ramos delos arboles. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 87v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.