to throw a rod/cane with strap/leash at the end of it (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
mina atlatica. nitla. atlatica onitlamin. tirar vara con amiento. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 56v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.