for a snake or worm to coil (see Karttunen)
TZONCUĒLOĀ vrefl for a snake or worm to coil / (gusano, culebra) se tuerce (T) [(1)Tp.162]. See TZON-TLI, CUĒLOĀ. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 317.