tepiton

From tepi (“female servant, older sister”) +‎ -tōn.

• IPA^(key): [teˈpi.toːn]

tepitōn (inanimate)

1. Something small or of little value.
   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 103r. col. 1.

     Tepito. coſa pequeña, o poca coſa.

     (Tepito. something small or of little value.)

In compounds tepitōn often becomes a diminutive or affective stem.

tletepitōn (“small fire”), from tletl (“fire”)

tōchtepitōn (“bunny, small rabbit”), from tōchtli (“rabbit”)

tōtōtepitōn (“small bird”), from tōtōtl (“bird”)

• J. Richard Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 291
• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 103