tepilli
Central Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
A contraction of tentli (“lips; mouth”) + pilli (“child”). A mouth that gives birth to children.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tepilli/
Noun
tepilli
- vulva
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 103r:
- tepilli. natura de hembra.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- tepileztli
- tepiltemalli
Related terms
References
- Chevalier, Jacques M., Buckles, Daniel (1995) A Land without Gods: Process theory, maldevelopment and the Mexican Nahuas, Halifax, Nova Scotia: Fernwood, page 324
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