tepezolin
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Central Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
tepezolin
- (Milpa Alta) partridge
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- tepeçulin (obsolete spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From tepētl (“mountain”) + zōlin (“quail”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tepēzōlin (animate, plural tepēzōlimeh)
- partridge
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 193v:
- Perdiz aue conocida. tepeçulin.
- A partridge, a known bid. tepeçulin.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 102v. col. 2:
- Tepeçulin. perdiz.
- Tepeçulin. a partridge.
- c. 1600, anonymous author, Anónimo mexicano, f. 11r:
- onca:ncanaía, tepe Zolime. totochtin, cuauhtotolim, Mazame, ozo lome, cuamíztin, tecuanímê, […]
- There were partridges, rabbits, fowl, deer, jaguars, mountain lions, and savage beasts; […]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, transl. (2005), Anónimo Mexicano, Logan: Utah State University Press, page 29
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 102