to shave off head hair; or to have hair loss (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quatepeui, quatepehui
Alonso de Molina:
quatepeui. ni. (pret. oniquatepeuh vel. oniquatepeuac.) pelarse la cabeza. s. caerse el pelo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 85v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.