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payahuilia.

Headword: 
payahuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to crumble something to feed to chickens (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
payauilia
IPAspelling: 
pɑjɑwiliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

payauilia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlapayauili.) desmigajar algo para dar de comer alas gallinas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 79r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.