huehuehpol
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- veuepul (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From huēhueh (“old man”) + -pōl.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]huēhuehpōl (animate)
- Augmentative of huēhueh; an old man, especially one that is mean or vile.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 157r. col. 1:
- Veuepul. vejarron,o viejo ruin.
- Veuepul. an old man (augmentative), or a vile old man.
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana, Editorial Porrúa, page 157r