to draw something out into a point (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
yacapīloā
IPAspelling:
yɑkɑpiːloɑː
Frances Karttunen:
YACAPĪLOĀ vt to draw something out into a point / le adelgazo la punta, torciéndole (C referring to threading a needle) [(1)Cf.127v]. See YAC(A)-TL, PĪLOĀ. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 333.