tepezolin

Central Nahuatl

Noun

tepezolin

1. (Milpa Alta) partridge

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tepeçulin (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From tepētl (“mountain”) +‎ zōlin (“quail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te.peːˈsoː.lin]

Noun

tepēzōlin (animate, plural tepēzōlimeh)

1. 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

• tepēzōlānqui
• tepēzōlconētl
• tepēzōlpēhua (verb)

References

• 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