Teposilamah

Phonetic

[ˌt̪ɛ.pu.s̻i.ˈlam]

English: Translation

Tepusilam, an invocation of the Mexicanero deity of the Earth who takes the appearance of a woman to seduce men and then eat them.

Spanish: Translation

Tepusilam, advocación de la deidad mexicanera de la Tierra que toma la apariencia de una mujer para seducir a los hombres y luego comérselos.

Part of Speech

animate noun

Semantic Domain

Spirituality and Religion

Sacred names

Noun Class

Radical noun

Dialect

Durango [ᴀᴢᴅ]

Morphology

tepostli + ilamah

Source

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