to become unraveled (speaking about the edge of a piece of clothing) (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tenchayaua
IPAspelling:
teːntʃɑjɑːwɑ
Alonso de Molina:
tenchayaua. deshilarse la orilla dela ropa. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 98v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.