What Coatl means
Arenas glosses coatl as culebra. The fifth day sign, and the -coatl of Quetzalcoatl and Coatlicue. The twin sense underlies Mexican cuate for a buddy.
NahuatlCore vocabulary
Coatl
“serpent; twin”
Say it
KOH·ahtl
Classical form
cōātl (serpent)
Names built from Coatl
1 name on this site uses this word.
The Nahuatl words behind the names
Learn twenty of these and most Aztec names decode themselves. Atl is water, tlalli earth, citlalin star, metztli moon, yollotl heart, cuauhtli eagle, xochitl flower.
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