a shame, a pity, or something that stings (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tecococayutl
Alonso de Molina:
tecococayutl. pena o escozimiento. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 93r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.