to suck in air, or for a hovering bird to begin to flap its wings (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
eecachichina
Alonso de Molina:
eecachichina. n. (pret. onecachichin.) chupar ayre, o cerner y rebolar el ave quando anda volando. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 28r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.