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yecapehuia.

Headword: 
yecapehuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to fan oneself to alleviate the heat; to fan someone else to alleviate the heat (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
yecapeuia
IPAspelling: 
jehkɑpeːwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

yecapeuia. nin. (pret. oninecapeui.) auentarse, o hazerse ayre para mitigar la calor.
yecapeuia. nite. auentar a otro assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 34v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.