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.

Inflection

Possessive forms of *tepetl*
	Singular	Plural
1st person	notepēuh	totepēuh
2nd person	motepēuh	amotepēuh
3rd person	ītepēuh	īntepēuh
impersonal	tētepēuh

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