tepeololli

tepeololli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tepētl (“mountain”) +‎ olōlli (“ball, sphere”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te.peː.oˈloː.lːi]

Noun

tepēolōlli (animate)

1. A rounded mountain or hill; a mound.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 63v.

     Cerro redondo.  tepeololli. tepeyaualli.

     A rounded mountain.  tepeololli. tepeyaualli.

   • 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 34v. col. 1.

     Cerro redondo. tepeyaualli. tepeololli.

     A rounded mountain. tepeyaualli. tepeololli.

   • Idem, f. 102v. col. 1.

     Tepeyaualli. cerro redondo. […] / Tepeololli. lo meſmo es que tepeyaualli.

     Tepeyaualli. a rounded mountain. […] / Tepeololli. it is the same thing as tepeyaualli.

Synonyms

• (rounded mountain): tepēyahualli

References

• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 34, 102