to last, endure, delay, procrastinate (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
huehcāhui
IPAspelling:
wehkɑːwi
Frances Karttunen:
HUEHCĀHU(I) to last, endure, delay, procrastinate / dilata, dura, demora, tarda, retrasa (T) [(6)Tp.108,109]. This is synonymous with intransitive HUEHCĀHUA. See HUEHCA, CĀHU(I)-TL.
HUEHCĀHUĪHUA nonact. HUEHCĀHU(I)
HUEHCĀHUĪTIĀ caus. HUEHCĀHU(I) Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 82.