tepetl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtepeːtɬ/

Noun

tepetl

mountain

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtepeːtɬ/

Noun

tepetl

mountain, big hill

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtepeːt͡ɬ/

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.
- Idem, f. 109r. col. 1.
  Sierra o monte alto . tepetl. / Sierras. tepeme. tetepe.
  A mountain or a high mountain. tepetl. / Mountains. tepeme. tetepe.
- Idem, f. 102v. col. 1.
  Tepeme. ſierras. […] / Tepetl ſierra.
  Tepeme. mountains. […] / Tepetl. a mountain
- Idem, f. 107. col. 2.
  Tetepe. ſierras.
  Tetepe. mountains.

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

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tepētl

Noun

tepetl (plural tepetini)

mountain

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtepeːtɬ/

Noun

tepetl

mountain

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