to trip without falling to the ground (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
teputlamia
Alonso de Molina:
teputlamia. nino. (pret. oninoteputlami.) tropezar sin caer enel suelo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.