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yecalhuia.

Headword: 
yecalhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to finish something for someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
yēcalhuiā
IPAspelling: 
yeːkɑlwiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

YĒCALHUIĀ vt to finish something for someone / acabo algo a otro (C) [(1)Cf.65r]. applic. YĒCOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 336.

themes: 
Tributes, Taxation, Service