a freshwater turtle (see Molina); also, a person's name (attested as male); sometimes the glyph for ayotl is really intended for yaotl (combatant, enemy)
turtle.
# Tlat. Un animal que vive en el agua que tiene encima de el un caparazón duro. “Ofelia tenía una tortuga en su casa y después se murió porque no le daba de comer”.
squash or calabash (see Molina); sometimes also translated as pumpkin, winter squash, or gourd; sounds something like ayotl (turtle) and yaotl (combatant or enemy) (SW)
a place name; not far from Chalco Atenco (central Mexico, 1614) Annals of His Time: Don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, James Lockhart, Susan Schroeder, and Doris Namala, eds. and transl. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006), 292–293.