tetl

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tetɬ/

Noun

tetl (animate, plural temeh)

1. rock; stone
2. egg
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 239v.

     Veuo generalmente. tetl.

Derived terms

atetl canauhtetl coatetl tenamitl

tentetl teotetl tepoztli totoltetl

tototetl tzopilotetl zoltetl

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 249–250.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 235.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 234.