altepetl

Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.
Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla.

Classical Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

A contraction of ātl tepētl, compound of ātl (“water”) +‎ tepētl (“hill”), two constituents perceived as being essential for life. The compound is odd in retaining the l of ātl; the expected compound would be *ātepētl.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /aːltepeːt͡ɬ/
IPA^(key): [aːɬ.ˈté.peːt͡ɬ]

Noun edit

āltepētl (animate, plural āltepēmeh)

(inanimate, not pluralized) altepetl; a town or city.
(animate, pluralized) The people of an altepetl.
- 17C: Chimalpahin, Record of the Arrival of the Mexica Azteca When They Came Here to Mexico Tenochtitlan
  oncan ynpan acico yn chicuey altepeme macehualtin oncan chanonoque yn culhuacan
  
  (They there arrived among the people of the eight altepetl domiciled in Culhuacan)

Synonyms edit

ātl tepētl

Derived terms edit

References edit

Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 205
Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, volume 2, University of Oklahoma Press, pages 18–19
Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 9
Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 210

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl āltepētl.

Noun edit

altepetl (plural altepetini)

altepetl, city, town.

Western Huasteca Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Nahuatl āltepētl.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

altepetl

city.