tehtetlah

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

tetetla (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

Reduplicated form of tetlah.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tehtetlah (locative)

Rocky ground or terrain.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 191v:
  Pedregal lugar de piedras. tetetla. tetla. techachaquach- / tla.mocatetl.
  Rocky terrain, a place of stones. tetetla. tetla. techachaquachtla.mocatetl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 107v. col. 1:
  Tetetla. lugar pedregoſo, o pedregal.
  Tetetla. lugar pedregoſo, o pedregal.

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 107

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