something that is endangered, put in difficulties, exposed to danger (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlaouitililli
Alonso de Molina:
tlaouitililli. cosa empeorada, puesta endificultad y peligro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 130r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.