altepehuah
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Central Nahuatl
[edit]Noun
[edit]altepehuah
- citizen, townsman.
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- altepeua (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From āltepētl (“town, city”) + -huah.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]āltepēhuah (animate, plural āltepēhuahqueh)
- townsman
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 4r. col. 2:
- Altepeua. vezino deciudad.
- Altepeua. a neighbor within a city.
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 4