Save Gender Feminine Usage Nahuatl, Aztec Pronounced Pron. [i.laŋ.ˈkʷeː.itɬ](Nahuatl) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Nahuatl ilantli, meaning "old woman", and cueitl, meaning "skirt". This was the name of the first queen consort of Tenochtitlan as the first wife of Acamapichtli.