the name of a month of twenty days
24. Dediziēbre. 4. Tecpatl, atemoztli = 24 December. Four flint, atemoztli. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
The falling of water from the sky (rain) was celebrated in the sixteenth festival of the year, devoted to Atemoztli. The ceremonies associated with this festival were dedicated to Tlaloc, and their purpose was to persuade the rain to fall from the sky.
The Codex Magliabecchi also attests that the reference is to the descent of water from the sky (rain).
One can also see the iconography of the month name from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis in our Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.