a humble person one who asks for alms (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tepal mocnoitoa. mendigante, que pide limosna. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 101v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.