to throw a spear with the aid of an atlatl (see Molina, who provides the example in the first person singular present tense)
Alonso de Molina:
atlatica nitlamina. (pret. atlatica onitlamin.) tyrar [tirar] vara con amiento. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 8r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.