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yeyecoa.

Headword: 
yeyecoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to try something; to try or experiment with something; to rehearse; to tempt someone (see Molina); to test, sample, taste something (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
yehyekoɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

yeyecoa. nitla. (pret. onitlayeyeco.) prouar a hazer algo.
yeyecoa. nic. (pret. onicyeyeco.) prouar, o experimentar algo.
yeyecoa. nino. (pret. oninoyeyeco.) ensayarse, o esgremir.
yeyecoa. nite. (pret. oniteyeyeco.) tentar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 35r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

YEHYECOĀ vrefl,vt to experience something; to test, sample, taste something / ensayarse o esgrimir (M), probar o experimentar algo (M) Z has the variant EHECOĀ. See YECOĀ. YEHYECALHUIĀ applic. YEHYECOĀ. EHECOĀ See YEHYECOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 338.

themes: 
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)
Theater, Drama