atl

See also: alt, ATL, ált, ātl, and Atl.

Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /atɬ/, [atɬ]

Noun

atl

1. water

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ātl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /atɬ/, [atɬ]

Noun

atl

1. atl

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Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /atɬ/, [atɬ]

Noun

atl (inanimate)

1. water

References

• Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla p. 88.

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Classical Nahuatl

The glyph for the day sign ātl "water" (far right), in the Codex Magliabechiano

Alternative forms

• athl (obsolete spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːt͡ɬ/, [áːt͡ɬ]

Noun

ātl (inanimate, plural ātl)

1. (it is) water
   • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)

     atl, agua, nauh, mi agua

     atl, water, nauh, my water

   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 10v.

     Agua  atl

     Water  atl

   • 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 8r. col. 1.

     Atl. agua, orines,guerra, o la mollera de la cabeça.

     Atl. water, urine, war, or the crown of the head.

2. (figuratively) (it is) urine
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 10v.

     Orina.  axixtli. atl.

     Urine.  axixtli. atl.

   • 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 8r. col. 1.

     Atl. agua, orines, guerra, o la mollera de la cabeça.

     Atl. water, urine, war, or the crown of the head.

3. (it is) the ninth of the twenty day signs of the tōnalpōhualli; a stream of water
   • 16th c., Codex Magliabechiano, f. 12r.

     matlatli ho̊me / athl. q̃ quiere / dezir doçe aguas.

     matlatli ho̊me / athl. that is, twelve waters.

Synonyms

• (urine): āxīxtli

Derived terms

Terms derived from ātl

• ācalli
• ācatl
• ācaxitl
• ācōātl
• ācōmitl
• ācpatl
• ācuetzpalin
• āehēcatl
• āēhuacōmitl
• āihtectli
• āltepētl

• āmāitl
• āmēyalli
• āmictlān
• āmīlli
• āmiqui
• ānāntli
• āoctli
• āpachtli
• āpōctli
• āpozōnallōtl
• ātēntli

• ātetl
• ātezcatl
• ātlacomōlātl
• ātōtolin
• ātotonilli
• āxōlōtl
• āyoh
• āyōllohco
• āyōtl
• āztatl
• cacahuaātl

• chiyamātl
• chīlātl
• chipāhuacātl
• huēyi ātl
• ilhuicaātl
• necuātl
• pahātl
• pinolātl
• tlateōchīhualātl
• xōchātl
• yēcātl

References

• Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 8r

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Temascaltepec Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːt͡ɬ/

Noun

atl (i atl)

1. atl.