Save Gender Feminine Usage Nahuatl, Aztec Pronounced Pron. ee-lang-KWEH-eech(Nahuatl) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Nahuatl ilantli, meaning "old woman", and cueitl, meaning "skirt". This was the name of the first queen consort of Tenochtitlan as the first wife of Acamapichtli.