Save Gender Feminine Usage Nahuatl, Aztec Pronounced Pron. a-to-TO-schee(Classical Nahuatl) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "water parrot", deriving from the Nahuatl elements atl ("water, a body of water") and toztli ("yellow parrot"). Name borne by an Aztec queen that possibly ruled as tlatoani (ruler of a city-state) in her own right.