different between altepetl vs calpolli

English

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ?ltep?tl, from ?tl tep?tl, literally “water (and) hill”.

Noun

altepetl (plural altepemeh)

1. A Nahua community; a pueblo.

Anagrams

• pallette, platelet

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Noun

altepetl

1. city.

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a???te.pe?t??]

Noun

altepetl (inanimate)

1. City.

References

• Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

A contraction of ?tl tep?tl, compound of ?tl (“water”) +? tep?tl (“hill”), two constituents perceived as being essential for life.The compound is odd in retaining the l of ?tl; the usual compound would be *?tep?tl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ltepe?t??/
• IPA^(key): [a??.?té.pe?t??]

Noun

?ltep?tl (animate, plural ?ltep?meh)

1. (inanimate, not pluralized) altepetl; a town or city.
2. (animate, pluralized) The people of an altepetl.
   • 17C: Chimalpahin, Record of the Arrival of the Mexica Azteca When They Came Here to Mexico Tenochtitlan

     oncan ynpan acico yn chicuey altepeme macehualtin oncan chanonoque yn culhuacan

     (They there arrived among the people of the eight altepetl domiciled in Culhuacan)

Synonyms

• ?tl tep?tl

Derived terms

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 205
• Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, volume 2, edited and translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, University of Oklahoma Press, pages 18–19
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 9
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 210

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ?ltep?tl.

Noun

altepetl (plural altepetini)

1. altepetl, city, town.

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ?ltep?tl.

Pronunciation

Noun

altepetl

1. city.

English

Alternative forms

• calpulli

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl calpolli, from calli (“house”) + -polli (“big”).

Noun

calpolli (plural calpolli or calpollis or calpoltin)

1. A subdivision of an altepetl; a "barrio".

Synonyms

• chinamitl
• tlaxilacalli

Anagrams

• pollical