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The Nasa yuwe Talking Dictionary currently has 3934 entries, with 1002 audio files and 88 images.
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ã’s [+]

noun    arracacha

( Spanish ) arracacha

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by treesftf via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
afy [+]

noun    Inga tree, guamo

( Spanish ) guamo

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Mauricio Mercadante via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
alcu [+]

noun    dog

( Spanish ) perro

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Miguel Olaya via Flickr. CC BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
alku [+]

noun    dog

( Spanish ) perro

Speaker: Ananías Piñacué, 2012

Example: Photo by pattoncito via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • animal
apas [+]

noun    bean (?)

( Spanish ) haba

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Habas en flor. Photo by Rasbak via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons


Semantic domains:

  • plants
ape [+]

noun    pumpkin, gourd

( Spanish ) zapallo

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Rodrigo Ramírez via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
ashnu [+]

noun    ass, donkey

( Spanish ) asno

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Biawak_gila via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
ãwã [+]

noun    chili

( Spanish ) ají

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Colores Mari via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
bajts [+]

noun    fique

( Spanish ) fique

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Andres Rueda via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
beka [+]

noun    chicha, a type of corn-based beer

( Spanish ) chicha

Speaker: Ananías Piñacué, 2012

Example: Photo by Ryan McFarland via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr

cãjpy [+]

noun    rabbit

( Spanish ) conejo

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by luisfhm007. CC BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
capla [+]

noun    goat

( Spanish ) cabra

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by misviajes.CO via Flickr. CC BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
cãtsa [+]

noun    coati, cusumbe

( Spanish ) coatí, cusumbe

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by Nicky Hartnell via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
chajú [+]

noun    pineapple

( Spanish ) piña

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
chavy [+]

noun    deer

( Spanish ) venado

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by pattoncito. CC BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
chawee, seccuet [+]

noun    cicada

( Spanish ) chicharra

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Eduardo Dios via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
chucha [+]

noun    opossum

( Spanish ) zarigüeya, chucha

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by Lon&Queta via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
cjã’cjã [+]

noun    ant

( Spanish ) hormiga

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Avi Dolgin via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
cjã’sh le’ch [+]

noun    cricket

( Spanish ) grillo

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Avi Dolgin via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
cjĩtse [+]

noun    bat

( Spanish ) murciélago

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Drriss via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
cla [+]

noun    cow

( Spanish ) vaca

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by Luz Adriana Villa via Flickr. CC BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
cndul [+]

noun    condor

( Spanish ) cóndor

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Benjamin Dumas via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
cuchi [+]

noun    pig

( Spanish ) cerdo, marrano, puerco

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by Camila Rivera via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
cupe [+]

noun    owl

( Spanish ) búho

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Julian Londono via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
cupjy [+]

noun    firefly

( Spanish ) luciérnaga

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Federico Casares via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
e’shavy [+]

noun    bear

( Spanish ) oso

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by longhorndave via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
e’tscuẽ [+]

noun    hummingbird, emerald

( Spanish ) colibrí, esmeralda

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Julian Londono via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
ẽs ets, we’pe ẽs [+]

noun    Espeletia, commonly known as Frailejón

( Spanish ) frailejón

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Luis Alejandro Bernal Romero via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
ẽsh [+]

noun    coca

( Spanish ) coca

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by pattoncito via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
fĩsh, fynej [+]

noun    fly

( Spanish ) mosca

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Gustavo Durán via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
fitsj [+]

noun    cui, guinea pig

( Spanish ) cuí, conejillo de indias

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by Waldo Péndola Gambetta. CC BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
fytũ pagayú [+]

noun    woodpecker

( Spanish ) carpintero

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by pattoncito via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
fytũu chica [+]

noun    termite

( Spanish ) comején

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Héctor via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
iph [+]

noun    fire

( Spanish ) fuego

Speaker: Ananías Piñacué, 2012

Example: Photo by Mauricio Giraldo via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr

jimba [+]

noun    horse

( Spanish ) caballo

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by Miguel Vaca via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
jimba cjũch [+]

noun    mountain tapir

( Spanish ) danta

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by David Sifry via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
kutxh [+]

noun    corn

( Spanish ) maíz

Speaker: Ananías Piñacué, 2012

Example: Photo by Edo Kleinman via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr

luuçx [+]

noun    boy

( Spanish ) niño

Speaker: Ananías Piñacué, 2012

Example: Photo by Felimartinez via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • human
mẽewẽjy [+]

noun    vulture

( Spanish ) gallinazo

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Cóndor Andino. Photo by Gustavo Duran via Flickr. CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
menzucue [+]

noun    wasp

( Spanish ) avispa

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Eduardo Dios via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
micu [+]

noun    monkey, marmoset, Mico genus

( Spanish ) mico

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Thomas Rodrigues via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
mish [+]

noun    cat

( Spanish ) gato

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by pattoncito via Flickr. CC BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
mutcue [+]

noun    lulo

( Spanish ) lulo

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
ña, yã [+]

noun    yucca

( Spanish ) yuca

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Unprocessed cassava roots. Photo by David Monniaux via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia


Semantic domains:

  • plants
ñauñú [+]

noun    banana passion fruit

( Spanish ) curuba

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Two curubas (banana passionfruit), one of them longitudinally cut to show the edible pulp in which the seeds are embedded. Photo by Fibonacci via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia


Semantic domains:

  • plants
ñu’py le’ch [+]

noun    agouti

( Spanish ) agutí

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Claudia Grant via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
ñu’py wala [+]

noun    paca, bale, bus,

( Spanish ) paca, guagua

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Brodie Ferguson via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
pã’pã [+]

noun    flea

( Spanish ) pulga

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Una pulga de los gatos. Photo by Evanherk via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons


Semantic domains:

  • insects
payáa [+]

noun    papaya

( Spanish ) papaya

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by Guillermo Vasquez via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
piishá [+]

noun    sheep

( Spanish ) oveja

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by Julián Ortega MartÃnez via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
pwel [+]

noun    cubios

( Spanish ) cubios

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Arthur Chapman via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
pwel, ã’sh [+]

noun    taro

( Spanish ) mafafa

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Molly Green via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
quĩtj [+]

noun    peanut

( Spanish ) maní

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Barbara Dieu via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
quiwe cuchi [+]

noun    peccary

( Spanish ) pecarí

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari) in Brazil. Its left ear is tagged. Public Domain. via Wikimedia Commons


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
sa’te [+]

noun    cockroach

( Spanish ) cucaracha

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Lynette Schimming via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
shape [+]

noun    snail

( Spanish ) caracol

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Carlos Torres via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
shbu [+]

noun    uvillo

( Spanish ) uvillo

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Pato Novoa via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
shĩ’j [+]

noun    puma, lion

( Spanish ) puma, león

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Triangulo del Café via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
shita [+]

noun    armadillo

( Spanish ) armadillo

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by lotlhmoq via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
shlalá [+]

noun    passion fruit tree

( Spanish ) granadillo

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Javier Carcamo via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
shuma [+]

noun    squirrel

( Spanish ) ardilla

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by Luz Adriana Villa via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
shwa’ [+]

noun    cidrayota

( Spanish ) cidrayota

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Chayotera (planta). Photo by David Monniaux via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons


Semantic domains:

  • plants
shwi’la [+]

noun    ulluco

( Spanish ) ulluco

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Illustration of Ullucus tuberosus, 1851, by Sir William Jackson Hooker, via Curtis botanical magazine vol. 77 ser. 3 nr. 7 tab. 4617 from www.botanicus.org. Public Domain. via Wikipedia


Semantic domains:

  • plants
sme jme [+]

noun    butterfly

( Spanish ) mariposa

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Gustavo Durán via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
sulu [+]

noun    fox

( Spanish ) zorro

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by pattoncito via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
ta’nda [+]

noun    beetle

( Spanish ) cucarrón

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Brodie Ferguson via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
tjuw [+]

noun    hedgehog, porcupine

( Spanish ) erizo, puerco espín

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Bicolored-spined porcupine. Photo by The lifted lorax via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
tsalli’ll [+]

noun    hawk

( Spanish ) gavilán

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Peter Bono via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
tumb [+]

noun    pigeon

( Spanish ) paloma

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Robert Schrader via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
tupa [+]

noun    spider

( Spanish ) araña

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Geoff Gallice via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
tupil [+]

noun    centipede

( Spanish ) ciempiés

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Jacobo Martin via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
tyiclli [+]

noun    ocelot

( Spanish ) tigrillo

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: File:Ocelot in Bulivia.JPG Photo by Ella Sanders via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
ujtse [+]

noun    avocado

( Spanish ) aguacate

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Familia Restrepo Fernández via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • plants
unza le’ch [+]

noun    mouse

( Spanish ) ratón

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by JFCV via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
unza wala [+]

noun    rat

( Spanish ) rata

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by Metron via Wikimedia. Public Domain. via Wikipedia


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
usmity [+]

noun    scorpion

( Spanish ) alacrán

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Mark Goble via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
ũtj [+]

noun    sweet potato

( Spanish ) batata

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by National Cancer Institute via Wikimedia. Public domain. via Wikimedia Commons


Semantic domains:

  • plants
vxihçxa [+]

noun    Bird

( Spanish ) pájaro

Speaker: Ananías Piñacué, 2012

Example: Photo by Carlos Castro Ruge via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • animal
wãcã [+]

noun    crab

( Spanish ) cangrejo

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Photo by aguslepe via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
wãwã [+]

noun    bee drone

( Spanish ) abeja, abejón

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Carlos Torres via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • insects
wãyãy, wẽyĩy [+]

noun    weasel

( Spanish ) comadreja

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: North American Longtail Weasel. Photo by PDH via Wikimedia. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
well [+]

noun    parrot

( Spanish ) loro

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Guillermo Vasquez via Flickr. CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
wenze [+]

noun    night monkey, owl monkey

( Spanish ) mono nocturno

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Santiago Matan. CC BY 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
wes [+]

noun    worm

( Spanish ) gusano

Speaker: Francy Yanet

Example: Earthworm in soil in Bastabales. Photo by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 via pt.wikipedia.org


Semantic domains:

  • insects
yat [+]

noun    house

( Spanish ) casa

Speaker: Ananías Piñacué, 2012

Example: Photo by Rodrigo Cruz via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr

yu’ [+]

noun    water

( Spanish ) agua

Speaker: Ananías Piñacué, 2012

Example: Photo by Marialegria via Flickr. CC BY-Nc-SA 2.0. via Flickr

yu’alcu [+]

noun    otter

( Spanish ) nutria

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by pattoncito via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
yu’cj cuchi [+]

noun    collared peccary, javelina

( Spanish ) saíno

Speaker: Gerdel and Slocum, 1983.

Example: Photo by Allan Vernon via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • mammals
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All content copyright © Nasa yuwe community. (2012).
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