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.