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tepetl
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Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
tepetl
Central Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
tepetl
- mountain, big hill
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
tepētl anim (plural tētepeh or tepēmeh)
- mountain, hill
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 175r:
- Monte. tepetl.
- A mountain. tepetl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 34v. col. 1:
- Cerro o ſierra. tepetl.
- A hill or mountain. tepetl.
- Idem, f. 86v. col. 1.
- Monte. tepetl.
- A mountain. tepetl.
- Monte. tepetl.
- Idem, f. 109r. col. 1.
- Sierra o monte alto . tepetl. / Sierras. tepeme. tetepe.
- A mountain or a high mountain. tepetl. / Mountains. tepeme. tetepe.
- Sierra o monte alto . tepetl. / Sierras. tepeme. tetepe.
- Idem, f. 102v. col. 1.
- Tepeme. ſierras. […] / Tepetl ſierra.
- Tepeme. mountains. […] / Tepetl. a mountain
- Tepeme. ſierras. […] / Tepetl ſierra.
- Idem, f. 107. col. 2.
- Tetepe. ſierras.
- Tetepe. mountains.
- Tetepe. ſierras.
Derived terms
Proper nouns derived from tepetl
- Coatepec
- Mazatepec
- Ocelotepec
- Tochtepec
References
- Karttunen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 230
- Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 234
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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tepētl
Noun
tepetl (plural tepetini)
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
tepetl
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