a lizard, an iguana (see Karttunen); also, a calendrical marker
Intla aca motlaujtequj: in aço mocoxonjtiuetzi, in anoço melhujtectiuetzi: iciuhca conjtiuetziz axixtli totonquj, ioan motemôtiuetzi navintin cuecuetzpaltin, moxoxouhcateçi ipan conj in axixtli: auh inin tlilli moneloa = If someone falls, striking himself, if perhaps he falls crashing or falls striking his chest, he should quickly drink hot urine and quickly ingest four ground, uncooked lizards, drinking them in the urine. Ana lampblack is mixed with this. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
çe cuetzpalli no mitoaya amo qualli tequantonalli = One Lizard. It was also said to be adverse, a beastly day sign.
cuetzpalli = Lizard, a name given boys (Central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Centlamantli acuetzpali muchiua yn vmpa Egipto, atlan nemi cenca temamauhti yn itlachieliz vel yuhquin tzitzimitl, itoca cocodrillo, yuhquin cuetzpali yc mamaye, auh cenca veytemahmauhti yn ixincayo. Quilmach ceppa cani monamicque coyotl, yhuan ynyn acuetzpali motlatzouilique ytechpa yn intlacamecayo. = The crocodile is an animal from Egypt, frightful in appearance, and monstrous, like a lizard, its skin is frightening with wrinkles and scales, it is huge and misshapen. They say that on one occasion a context took place between this creature and a fox about the nobility and their ancestral line....(sixteenth century, central Mexico)
Martín Cuezpal was a head of household of four people and Juan Cuezpal was the head of a household of five people; both households were in Santa María de la Asunción of Tepetlaoztoc (Tetzcoco).
axcan ypan xapato mo poa nahui cali tecpatl cali tochi acatl chihuitl cahuitl zipatli= ehecatl= cali= cuespali= cohuatl= miquistli= masatl= tochi= atl= iscuintli= osomatl= minali= acatl= ocelotl= quautli= coscaquautli= olin= tecpatl= quiahuitl= chochitl = ahoy en éste día sábado que se cuenta cuatro casa. Pedernal, Casa, Consejo, Caña, signos de los años en el Tiempo estos cuatro signos se cuentan. Lagarto, Mono, Viento, Yerba tocida, Casa, Caña, Lagartija, Tigre, Culebra, Aguila, Muerte, Aguila de collar, Venado, Movimiento, Conejo, Pedernal, Agua, Lluvia, Perro, Flor (Estado de Hidalgo, ca. 1722?)
Nocecio Quetzpal = Inocencio Quetzpal (un nombre) (Ocotelulco, 1596)