to get lost when walking, and fail to guess the correct way to turn (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
cemmixcuepa. (pret. omocemixcuep. vel. ocemmixcuep.) perderse el que camina, no tornando a atinar al camino. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 16v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.