tepeololli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tepētl (“mountain”) + olōlli (“ball, sphere”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tepēolōlli (animate)
- rounded mountain or hill; mound
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 63v:
- Cerro redondo. tepeololli. tepeyaualli.
- A rounded mountain. tepeololli. tepeyaualli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 34v. col. 1:
- Cerro redondo. tepeyaualli. tepeololli.
- A rounded mountain. tepeyaualli. tepeololli.
- Idem, f. 102v. col. 1.
- Tepeyaualli. cerro redondo. […] / Tepeololli. lo meſmo es que tepeyaualli.
- Tepeyaualli. a rounded mountain. […] / Tepeololli. it is the same thing as tepeyaualli.
- Tepeyaualli. cerro redondo. […] / Tepeololli. lo meſmo es que tepeyaualli.
Synonyms[edit]
- (rounded mountain): tepēyahualli
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 34, 102