San Mateo Macuilxochitl Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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ga'a

nine

(Spanish) nueve

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gai

five

(Spanish) cinco

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gal na

punishment

(Spanish) sentirse lastimado, castigo

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

galbichon

twenty-three

(Spanish) veintitres

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

galbiga

twenty-nine

(Spanish) veintinueve

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

galbigaiy

twenty-five

(Spanish) veinticinco

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

galbigats

twenty-seven

(Spanish) veintisiete

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

galbitap

twenty-four

(Spanish) veinticuatro

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

galbixo’p

twenty-six

(Spanish) veintiseis

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

galbtuby

twenty-one

(Spanish) veintiuno

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

galbtyop

twenty-two

(Spanish) veintidos

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gald

twenty

(Spanish) veinte

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

garad

plow

(Spanish) arado

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gats

seven

(Spanish) siete

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gax

near

(Spanish) cerca

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

ge’

rows (of crops)

(Spanish) surco

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gel

cornfield noun

(Spanish) milpa, maizal, campo de maíz, campo con milpa.

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gel guie

mamey

(Spanish) mamey

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

get baz

tamal (no meat, usually contains leaves, lard or sugar) noun

(Spanish) Tamal (sin carne)

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

get benduub

tortilla made out of blue corn

(Spanish) tortilla de maíz morado

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

get xtily

bread, loaf of bread noun

(Spanish) pan, pan dulce, pieza de pan

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gib gos

sickle (used for cutting alfalfa)

(Spanish) hoz (usado para cortar alfalfa)

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gie

rock, stone

(Spanish) piedra

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gie bzhiy

flower used for crowns on Thursday of holy week sustantivo

(Spanish) flor de mayo, cacaloxúchitl, flor que sirve para coronas el jueves de la semana santa

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gie kartuch

alcatraz flower

(Spanish) flor alcatraz

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gie penumbr

half-light flower (important local flower of various colors)

(Spanish) flor penumbra (flor local importante de varios colores)

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gie susen

azucena flower (type of white mountain lily)

(Spanish) flor de azucena (flor blanca que crescen en las sierras)

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gie'e

flower noun

(Spanish) flor

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gin

chili, chili pepper

(Spanish) chile

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gini’a

water chili, chile de agua noun

(Spanish) chile de agua

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

giniag

type of small chile noun

(Spanish) chile de árbol

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gish

garbage

(Spanish) basura

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

git tuez

chilacayota (a type of large squash) noun

(Spanish) chilacayota

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gix

crib

(Spanish) maca

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gixun

higaditos (a dish made with eggs, vegetables, and chicken)

(Spanish) higaditos

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gu’n sebu

zebu, type of bull with a hump

(Spanish) cebú (toro grande que tiene una giba)

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gubich

sun noun

(Spanish) sol

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

guch

jilote (corn flower) noun

(Spanish) jilote

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

guch

corn silk

(Spanish) pelos de maiz

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

guch

the flower before the corn is mature

(Spanish) jilote, flor de maíz antes que este maduro

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

guchliu

world noun

(Spanish) mundo

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

guitiap guch

spiny chayote squash

(Spanish) chayote espinoso

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

guitziin

bat noun

(Spanish) murciélago

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

guiy

guava noun

(Spanish) guayaba

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gulte

bird similar to a dove or pigeon noun

(Spanish) torcaza/paloma de campo

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gurau

sustantivo

(Spanish) lagartija

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

guty

dead Adj

(Spanish) muerto

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

guxady

grasshopper (edible) noun

(Spanish) chapulines

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

gyenun

anonna fruit (custard apple) noun

(Spanish) anona

Speaker: Alfredo Martinez

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