to steal everything, leaving nothing; to punish with great cruelty; or, for the hail or frost to destroy that which has been planted (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
pilwiɑ
Alonso de Molina:
pilhuia anino. (pret. aoninopilhui.) lleuar el ladron quanto auia, sin dexar nada, o castigar con crueldad grande, o destruir el pedrisco, o el yelo todo lo sembrado. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 81v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.