tepoleh

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

tepule

Etymology

tepolli (“penis”) +‎ -eh (“having”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tepoleʔ/

Noun

tepoleh

Someone or something that has a penis.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 10
  In patlache: ca tlahelcioatl, cioatl xipine tepule
  
  (The hermaphrodite is a detestable woman, a woman who has a penis)

References

Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page part XI, p. 56

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