to become strong, strengthened, reinforced; to end up rigid, stiff (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
uapactia
IPAspelling:
wɑpɑktiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
uapactia. (pret. ouapactiac.) endurecerse, empedernirse o pararse aspera e yerta alguna cosa. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 154v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.