tepetl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtepeːtɬ/

Noun

tepetl

1. mountain.

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Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtepeːtɬ/

Noun

tepetl

1. mountain, big hill.

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtepeːt͡ɬ/

Noun

tepētl anim (plural tētepeh or tepēmeh)

1. (it is) a mountain or hill.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 175r.

     Monte. tepetl.

     A mountain. tepetl.

   • 1571: Idem, 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

• āltepētl
• ātl tepētl

• Iztac tepētl
• Popocatepētl

• tepēzōlin

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)

1. mountain.

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Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtepeːtɬ/

Noun

tepetl

1. mountain.