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quetztepolli.
Headword:
quetztepolli.
Principal English Translation:
the buttocks (see attestations), or perhaps erect penis, or its destination, the crotch, vagina, or woman's bottom?
Attestations from sources in English:
"Allegedly during the rule of Motecuzoma Xocoyotzin, a beam supporting the ceiling in the building of the 'house of song and dance' (cuicacalli) suddenly started to intone the following refrain: 'Woe, my evil rump! Dance well, for thou shalt be cast into the water!' (queuh veiah noqueztepole uel xomjtotia, atlã tiuetztoçe, Sahagún 1950–82, VIII: 3, trans. Anderson & Dibble). The appellative used by the beam, noquetztepole, literally means 'my owner of a place where two thighs meet,' that is, 'my buttocks,' which are humorously incited to engage in a dancing movement because soon the time for such pleasures would come to an end. Also, the two commoner women from Sahagún’s manuscript would call one another tzincuecuetzocpol, 'agitated buttocks,' and tzinapizmiqui, 'starving buttocks,' both terms further reinforced by the suffix -pol, which might refer to a longing for sexual activity."