to work the soil; to work the land (see Molina); literally, to "make" or work the cuemitl
Orthographic Variants:
cuenchiua
IPAspelling:
kweːntʃiːwɑ
Alonso de Molina:
cuenchiua. ni. labrar tierra. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 26r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.