Santiago Matatlán Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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bchily

knife

(Spanish) cuchillo

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

bcuch

dried maguey leaves

(Spanish) ramas secas o pencas secas de maguey

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

bdiyan

small ant

(Spanish) hormiga pequeña

Speaker: César Mateo Bautista

biaa

prickly pear sustantivo

(Spanish) nopal

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

biñ nal

fat

(Spanish) persona gruesa o gorda

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

biñ xhuxh

mean adjective

(Spanish) perona desagradable

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

blia

caaterpillar

(Spanish) oruga

Speaker: César Mateo Bautista

bqich

mockingbird

(Spanish) cenzontle

Speaker: César Mateo Bautista

bxín

Everardo L. Hernandez

night

(Spanish) noche

Example: Everardo L. Hernandez

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

cúa

on the side of

(Spanish) a lado de

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

dixhieu

lie

(Spanish) mentira

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

guí bombily

bugambilia (flower used to produce tea)

(Spanish) bugambilia

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

guitzen

cricket

(Spanish) grillo

Speaker: César Mateo Bautista

guízaa

hierba de borracho (plant)

(Spanish) hierba de borracho

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

latlaz

blanket

(Spanish) cobija

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

naa guietz

handle of the metate

(Spanish) mano de metate

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

Quiñnu ta maxhcaly.

Let's have a mezcal.

(Spanish) Tomemos un mezcal.

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

rbíly

undo ; dissasemble

(Spanish) deshacer ; desarmar

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

rcuatz

hides

(Spanish) esconder

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

rznyt

misses

(Spanish) extrañar

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

xgab

thinks

(Spanish) pensar

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

xhápe

girl

(Spanish) niña

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

yát

Sandra R. Gómez

corn tortillas

(Spanish) tortillas de maíz

Example: Sandra R. Gómez

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

yát b'gual

tortilla soup

(Spanish) sopa de tortillas

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

yát b'guí

fried tortilla

(Spanish) tortilla frita

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

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Dictionary produced by Sandra Ruth Gomez Sernas, Everardo Lopez Hernandez, Brook Lillehaugen, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer.

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how to cite: Gomez Sernas, Sandra Ruth, Everardo Lopez Hernandez, Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, & K. David Harrison. 2022. Santiago Matatlán Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 1.0. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/matatlan

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