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pilhuia.

Headword: 
pilhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

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.

themes: 
Crime, Punishment
Weather, Climate