to catch fish by poisoning the water and stupefying them (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
apauia
IPAspelling:
ɑːpɑhwiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
apauia. nitla. (pret. onitlaapaui.) embaruascar pescado. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 6v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.