Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Nahuatl
Meaning & History
Means "crocodile, alligator, caiman, monster" in Nahuatl [1]. This is the name of the first day in the tonalpohualli, the Aztec 260-day calendar.
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Sources & References
- Nahuatl Dictionary, entry cipactli, available from https://nahuatl.uoregon.edu/content/cipactli.
