to return a greeting to someone who is giving a salutation (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
kwepkɑtɬɑhpɑloɑ
Alonso de Molina:
cuepcatlapaloa. nitla. (pret. onitlacuepcatlapalo.) saludar alque me saludo. 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.