to extol, praise, or speak highly of someone (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
uecapanilhuia, huecapan ilhuia
IPAspelling:
wehkɑpɑnilwiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
uecapanilhuia. ninote. (pret. oninoteuecapanilhui.) enxalzar, o sublimar a otro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 155r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.