ahuauhtli

Updated: May 27, 2025

There was a celebrated Aztec king who was called Axayacatl; and his name is indicated in the picture-writings by a drawing of a man's face covered with water. The eggs themselves are sold in cakes in the market, pounded and cooked, and also in lumps au naturel, forming a substance like the roe of a fish. This is known by the characteristic name of "ahuauhtli", that is "water-wheat."

Edward Burnett Tylor - Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern