tepeilhuitl
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editFrom tepētl (“mountain”) + ilhuitl (“feast, day of celebration”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittepēilhuitl (inanimate)
- (it is) the thirteenth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to honoring important mountains.
- 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 88r:
- Decimo tercio mes de los Mex.nos llamado tepeilhuitl, enel qual hazian fiesta a honrra delos montes mas eminentes.
- Thirteenth month of the Mexicans, called tepeilhuitl, in which the had celebrations in honor of the most important mountains.