Santiago Matatlán Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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b'zh

spider

(Spanish) araña

Speaker: César Mateo Bautista

beshiaths

rattlesnake

(Spanish) víbora de cascabel

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

biey leñaa

nopal de campo (plant)

(Spanish) nopal de campo

Speaker: Eva Andrea de Los Angeles

biñ nazzía

person who lives in the next neighborhood (above) adjective

(Spanish) persona que vive en el barrio de arriba

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

bquí

nit, egg of a louse or other parasitic insect

(Spanish) liendre

Speaker: César Mateo Bautista

bsiloó

eye

(Spanish) ojo

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

bzug

bzug

nail

(Spanish) uña

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

gaalbtaap

twenty-four

(Spanish) veinticuatro

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

güaz

hunt verb

(Spanish) cazar

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

guindo n'gaz

sweet black mole

(Spanish) mole negro dulce

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

gulnexh

mutual aid

(Spanish) apoyo mutuo

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

láa

guajes

(Spanish) guajes

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

latlaz

blanket

(Spanish) cobija

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

le´ñ xi

nostril

(Spanish) orificio nazal

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

nad

stubborn

(Spanish) necio

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

naz riky

around here

(Spanish) por ahí

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

rny

says

(Spanish) decir

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

rual

reading

(Spanish) leer

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

tsëbteby

eleven

(Spanish) once

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

xcay

foggy

(Spanish) nublado

Speaker: Sandra R. Gómez

xhob xhñá

red corn

(Spanish) maíz rojo

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

xhtadgüel

grandpa

(Spanish) abuelo

Speaker: Eva Andrea de Los Angeles

xtú

lover

(Spanish) amante

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

yát

Sandra R. Gómez

corn tortillas

(Spanish) tortillas de maíz

Example: Sandra R. Gómez

Speaker: Beneranda Mateo Hernandez

yat cuni

memela sustantivo

(Spanish) memela

Speaker: Everardo L. Hernandez

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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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