an interjection expressed by one who complains (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
elele. ay ay ay. interjection del que se quexa. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 28v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.