tepiton

From *tepi +‎ -tōn; the root is from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tapputi (“flea”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [teˈpi.toːn]

tepitōn (inanimate)

1. Something small or of little value.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 103r. col. 1:

     Tepito. coſa pequeña, o poca coſa.
     (Tepito. something small or of little value.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

In compounds tepitōn often becomes a diminutive or affective stem.

tletepitōn (“small fire”), from tletl (“fire”)

tōchtepitōn (“bunny, small rabbit”), from tōchtli (“rabbit”)

tōtōtepitōn (“small bird”), from tōtōtl (“bird”)

• J. Richard Andrews (2003), Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 291
• Alonso de Molina (2008), Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 103