to barely give something to the orphan (the guardian) (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
ixpouilia
IPAspelling:
iːʃpoːwiliɑ
Alonso de Molina:
ixpouilia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlaixpouili.) dar escasamente algo el tutor al huerfano. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 47r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.