altepetl
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Classical Nahuatl āltepētl, from ātl tepētl, literally “water [and] hill”.
Noun[edit]
altepetl (plural altepetls or altepemeh)
Anagrams[edit]
Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
altepetl
- city.
Central Nahuatl[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
altepetl (inanimate)
- (Amecameca, Cholula, Milpa Alta, Texcoco and Tlaxcala): City.
References[edit]
- Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla.
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A contraction of ātl tepētl, compound of ātl (“water”) + tepētl (“hill”), two constituents perceived as being essential for life. The compound is odd in retaining the l of ātl; the expected compound would be *ātepētl.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
āltepētl (animate, plural āltepēmeh)
- (inanimate, not pluralized) altepetl; a town or city.
- (animate, pluralized) The people of an altepetl.
- 17C: Chimalpahin, Record of the Arrival of the Mexica Azteca When They Came Here to Mexico Tenochtitlan
- oncan ynpan acico yn chicuey altepeme macehualtin oncan chanonoque yn culhuacan
- (They there arrived among the people of the eight altepetl domiciled in Culhuacan)
- 17C: Chimalpahin, Record of the Arrival of the Mexica Azteca When They Came Here to Mexico Tenochtitlan
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 205
- Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, volume 2, University of Oklahoma Press, pages 18–19
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 9
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 210
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl āltepētl.
Noun[edit]
altepetl (plural altepetini)
Western Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Classical Nahuatl āltepētl.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
altepetl
- city.
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