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huecatlatza.

Headword: 
huecatlatza.
Principal English Translation: 

to withdraw; to defer, postpone something (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
huehcatlātza
IPAspelling: 
wehkɑtɬɑːtsɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

HUEHCATLĀTZ(A) vrefl,vt to withdraw; to defer, postpone something / ponerse lejos (R), diferir, aplazar, dejar para mas tarde (S) [(2)Rp.83]. See HUEHCA, TLĀTZ(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 83.