"coatl" meaning in Classical Nahuatl

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Noun

IPA: [ˈkoː.aːt͡ɬ], [ˈkoː.(w)aːt͡ɬ], [ˈko.waːt͡ɬ] Forms: cocoah [plural]
Head templates: {{head|nci|noun|plural|cocoah|g=an|head=coatl}} coatl anim (plural cocoah)
  1. (it is) a snake; serpent. Tags: animate Categories (lifeform): Reptiles
    Sense id: en-coatl-nci-noun-HRwqi-H- Disambiguation of Reptiles: 48 4 48
  2. (he or she is) a twin. Tags: animate
    Sense id: en-coatl-nci-noun-b0B9MpmZ
  3. (it is) the fifth day sign of the Aztec tonalpohualli; represented by a stylized snake glyph. Tags: animate Categories (topical): Mesoamerican day signs Categories (lifeform): Reptiles
    Sense id: en-coatl-nci-noun-mjZeRSOF Disambiguation of Mesoamerican day signs: 6 3 91 Disambiguation of Reptiles: 48 4 48 Categories (other): Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Classical Nahuatl entries with language name categories using raw markup, Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography, Classical Nahuatl words with uncertain pronunciation Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header: 17 4 1 79 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 3 1 75 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography: 10 4 1 85 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl words with uncertain pronunciation: 10 3 1 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: couatl, cōātl (english: obsolete spelling)
Derived forms: acoatl, coaehuatl, coaiztlactli, coamichin, coatetl, coatlantli, mazacoatl, tecuancoatl, tlilcoatl, petlazolcoatl, xochicoatl, zolcoatl, Cihuacoatl, Coacalco, Coatepec, Coatlinchan, Coatzin, Quetzalcoatl

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "acoatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "coaehuatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "coaiztlactli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "coamichin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "coatetl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "coatlantli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mazacoatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tecuancoatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tlilcoatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "petlazolcoatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "xochicoatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "zolcoatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Cihuacoatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Coacalco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Coatepec"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Coatlinchan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Coatzin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Quetzalcoatl"
    }
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        {
          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: koatl",
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        }
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      "text": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: koatl"
    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Central Nahuatl: coatl",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Central Nahuatl: coatl"
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          "expansion": "Central Puebla Nahuatl: couatl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Central Puebla Nahuatl: couatl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "nhx",
            "2": "cua̱tej"
          },
          "expansion": "Mecayapan Nahuatl: cua̱tej",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mecayapan Nahuatl: cua̱tej"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhm",
            "2": "kouatl"
          },
          "expansion": "Morelos Nahuatl: kouatl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Morelos Nahuatl: kouatl"
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            "2": "kowatl"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Orizaba Nahuatl: kowatl"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "coat"
          },
          "expansion": "Pipil: coat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pipil: coat"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cuate",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: cuate",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: cuate"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "couatl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: couatl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: couatl"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cocoah",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "noun",
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        "4": "cocoah",
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      "expansion": "coatl anim (plural cocoah)",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 4 48",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Reptiles",
          "orig": "nci:Reptiles",
          "parents": [
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "english": "A snake in general. coatl.",
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 60r",
          "text": "Culebra generalmente. coatl.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "A serpent in general. coatl.",
          "roman": "Serpiente generalmente. coatl.",
          "text": "Idem, 224v."
        },
        {
          "english": "Coatl. a snake, a twin or a gastrointestinal worm.",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23r. col. 1",
          "text": "Coatl. culebra, mellizo, o lombriz del eſtomago.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And all the little children roasted some snakes",
          "ref": "16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 1",
          "text": "Auh in pipiltotonti muchintin qujntlaxqujaia: yn aca coatl"
        },
        {
          "english": "Countless fierce animals were there; bears, jaguars, mountain lions, snakes were on guard.",
          "text": "c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 22r\ncamo çan quexquich yn ompa onoque yn ompa tlapia yn tequanime yn cuecuetlachtin. yn ocelome. yn mimiztin yn cocohua",
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        "a snake; serpent."
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        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ]
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      "qualifier": "it is",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(it is) a snake; serpent."
      ],
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        "animate"
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Born along with another. coatl.",
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 178v",
          "text": "Nacido con otro. coatl.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "A twin. coatl.",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 83v. col. 2",
          "text": "Mellizo.coatl.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Coatl. a snake, a twin or a gastrointestinal worm.",
          "roman": "Coatl. culebra, mellizo, o lombriz del eſtomago.",
          "text": "Idem, f. 23r. col. 1."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a twin."
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      "id": "en-coatl-nci-noun-b0B9MpmZ",
      "links": [
        [
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          "twin"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "he or she is",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(he or she is) a twin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 4 1 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "22 3 1 75",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 4 1 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "10 3 1 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl words with uncertain pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 3 91",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Mesoamerican day signs",
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          "parents": [
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            "Symbols",
            "Timekeeping",
            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
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            "Orthography",
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            "Writing",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
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          "parents": [
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "chicuei coatl. which means “eight snakes”.",
          "roman": "chicuei coatl q̇ / quiere dezir ocho / culebras.",
          "text": "16C: Codex Magliabechiano, f. 11v."
        }
      ],
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        "the fifth day sign of the Aztec tonalpohualli; represented by a stylized snake glyph."
      ],
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          "Aztec"
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          "tonalpohualli#Classical Nahuatl"
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        "(it is) the fifth day sign of the Aztec tonalpohualli; represented by a stylized snake glyph."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkoː.aːt͡ɬ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkoː.(w)aːt͡ɬ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈko.waːt͡ɬ]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "couatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "obsolete spelling",
      "word": "cōātl"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Codex Magliabechiano"
  ],
  "word": "coatl"
}
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    "Classical Nahuatl entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Classical Nahuatl lemmas",
    "Classical Nahuatl nouns",
    "Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography",
    "Classical Nahuatl terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Classical Nahuatl terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Classical Nahuatl words with uncertain pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "acoatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "coaehuatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "coaiztlactli"
    },
    {
      "word": "coamichin"
    },
    {
      "word": "coatetl"
    },
    {
      "word": "coatlantli"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazacoatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "tecuancoatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "tlilcoatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "petlazolcoatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "xochicoatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "zolcoatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cihuacoatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Coacalco"
    },
    {
      "word": "Coatepec"
    },
    {
      "word": "Coatlinchan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Coatzin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Quetzalcoatl"
    }
  ],
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            "1": "nch",
            "2": "koatl"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: koatl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: koatl"
    },
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          "expansion": "Central Nahuatl: coatl",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Central Nahuatl: coatl"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "couatl"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Puebla Nahuatl: couatl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Central Puebla Nahuatl: couatl"
    },
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            "1": "nhx",
            "2": "cua̱tej"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "nhm",
            "2": "kouatl"
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          "expansion": "Morelos Nahuatl: kouatl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Morelos Nahuatl: kouatl"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "nlv",
            "2": "kowatl"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Orizaba Nahuatl: kowatl"
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            "1": "ppl",
            "2": "coat"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Pipil: coat"
    },
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            "1": "es",
            "2": "cuate",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: cuate",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: cuate"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "couatl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: couatl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: couatl"
    }
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        {
          "english": "A snake in general. coatl.",
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 60r",
          "text": "Culebra generalmente. coatl.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "A serpent in general. coatl.",
          "roman": "Serpiente generalmente. coatl.",
          "text": "Idem, 224v."
        },
        {
          "english": "Coatl. a snake, a twin or a gastrointestinal worm.",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23r. col. 1",
          "text": "Coatl. culebra, mellizo, o lombriz del eſtomago.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And all the little children roasted some snakes",
          "ref": "16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 1",
          "text": "Auh in pipiltotonti muchintin qujntlaxqujaia: yn aca coatl"
        },
        {
          "english": "Countless fierce animals were there; bears, jaguars, mountain lions, snakes were on guard.",
          "text": "c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 22r\ncamo çan quexquich yn ompa onoque yn ompa tlapia yn tequanime yn cuecuetlachtin. yn ocelome. yn mimiztin yn cocohua",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a snake; serpent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ],
        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "it is",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(it is) a snake; serpent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Nahuatl terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Born along with another. coatl.",
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 178v",
          "text": "Nacido con otro. coatl.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "A twin. coatl.",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 83v. col. 2",
          "text": "Mellizo.coatl.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Coatl. a snake, a twin or a gastrointestinal worm.",
          "roman": "Coatl. culebra, mellizo, o lombriz del eſtomago.",
          "text": "Idem, f. 23r. col. 1."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a twin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "twin",
          "twin"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "he or she is",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(he or she is) a twin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "chicuei coatl. which means “eight snakes”.",
          "roman": "chicuei coatl q̇ / quiere dezir ocho / culebras.",
          "text": "16C: Codex Magliabechiano, f. 11v."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the fifth day sign of the Aztec tonalpohualli; represented by a stylized snake glyph."
      ],
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          "day sign",
          "day sign"
        ],
        [
          "Aztec",
          "Aztec"
        ],
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          "tonalpohualli",
          "tonalpohualli#Classical Nahuatl"
        ],
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          "glyph",
          "glyph"
        ]
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        "(it is) the fifth day sign of the Aztec tonalpohualli; represented by a stylized snake glyph."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkoː.aːt͡ɬ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkoː.(w)aːt͡ɬ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈko.waːt͡ɬ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "couatl"
    },
    {
      "english": "obsolete spelling",
      "word": "cōātl"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Codex Magliabechiano"
  ],
  "word": "coatl"
}

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