to put out bait when hunting or trying to catch an animal (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
mamanilia. nitla. (pret. onitlamananili.) poner ceuo para cazar algo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 52r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.