Cipactli
From Nahuatl cipactli, a crocodile or caiman; also the first of the twenty day signs in the Aztec ritual calendar.
Meaning and origin
Cipactli is the Nahuatl term for a crocodile-like reptile and names the first of the twenty day signs in the tonalpohualli, the 260-day count kept by the Aztecs and related Nahua peoples for divination and ritual timing.
How to pronounce Cipactli
| English (US) | see-PAHK-tlee /siˈpɑktli/ |
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