It means it smells bad. stinky, which sucks. It's also a way of calling the swamp or muddy ground, where there's a lot of decaying organic matter. It is a word derived from chucua, a Muisca word that means mud, mud, swamp or mud.
Chuquia from the Nahuatl xoquialitzli, something stinky and foul smelling choquía The Dictionary of Mexicanisms of the Mexican Academy of Language, says that choquía is an "unpleasant smell that keeps things as a result of poor washing or drying".