to become poor, or be deprived of something (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
icnoyotl tlacuitilli. empobrecido desta manera. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 33r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.