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huecahui.

Headword: 
huecahui.
Principal English Translation: 

to last, endure, delay, procrastinate (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
huehcāhui
IPAspelling: 
wehkɑːwi
Frances Karttunen: 

HUEHCĀHU(I) to last, endure, delay, procrastinate / dilata, dura, demora, tarda, retrasa (T) [(6)Tp.108,109]. This is synonymous with intransitive HUEHCĀHUA. See HUEHCA, CĀHU(I)-TL.

HUEHCĀHUĪHUA nonact. HUEHCĀHU(I)

HUEHCĀHUĪTIĀ caus. HUEHCĀHU(I)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 82.