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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From tepētl (“mountain”) + ilhuitl (“feast, day of celebration”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tepēilhuitl (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.