tepezolin
Central Nahuatl
Noun
tepezolin
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- tepeçulin (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From tepētl (“mountain”) + zōlin (“quail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [te.peːˈsoː.lin]
Noun
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
- tepēzōlconētl
- tepēzōlpēhua (verb)
- tepēzōlānqui
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