to make someone run loosely and lightly (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
paynaltia
Alonso de Molina:
paynaltia. nite. hazer correr a otro desta manera. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 79r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.