San Bartolomé Quialana Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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¡Cháan!

(greeting used to an elderly person)

(Spanish) (saludo a una persona mayor)

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

¿Cali chiiu?

Where are you going? (informal)

(Spanish) ¿A donde vas?

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

¿Cali gweeú?

where did you go? (informal) (cultural note: used as a greeting when meeting someone on the street as they are headed towards their home)

(Spanish) ¿A donde fuiste? (Nota cultural: Forma de saludar cuando encuentras a alguien en la calle, y se dirige hacia su casa)

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

cadxíichy

(Spanish) enojado, bravo

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

Cali chillbiúu

Where are you going? (formal)

(Spanish) A dónde va usted? (formal)

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

Cali gwellbiúu

where did you go? (formal)

(Spanish) ¿adonde fue usted?

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

Cali nalaa chibiú’u?

Where are you from? (formal)

(Spanish) De dónde es usted?

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

Cali nalaa chu’u

Where are you from? (informal)

(Spanish) ¿De dónde eres?

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

calii

where

(Spanish) 1. dónde, 2. a dónde

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

campion

(Spanish) campo santo

Speaker: Floriana Hernández Martínez

canixcaldáa

I am dreaming

(Spanish) estoy soñando

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

canzáa

1. I am walking, 2. I am roaming

(Spanish) 1. estoy caminando, 2. estoy vagando

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

cayuub

Speaker: Angelia Hernández Sánchez

che gix nis

(Spanish) un insecto que vive en el agua (familia Corixidae)

Speaker: Juana Martinez Martinez

cheesuu

to get up

(Spanish) levantarse

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

chel

spouse, husband, wife, partner

(Spanish) esposo, esposa

chilá’as

slow

(Spanish) lento

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

Chó’on Bac

We are going to Tlacolula

(Spanish) Vamos a Tlacolula

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

choca ran cua’an

we are going to bring alfalafa

(Spanish) vamos a traer la alfalfa

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

chocáan

to bring

(Spanish) traer

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

choldu icran zhuub

we are going to plant corn

(Spanish) vamos a sembrar maíz

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

chon

(Spanish) tres

Speaker: Eloterio Hernandez Martinez

chóon Ldua

we are going to Oaxaca

(Spanish) vamos a Oacaca

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

chóon ran lonia

we are going to the field

(Spanish) vamos al campo

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

Chosiran

We are going shopping

(Spanish) Vamos a comprar

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

chuche’e

to keep

(Spanish) guardar

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

chuqíi

to understand

(Spanish) entender

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

cua’an

cua’an

alfalfa noun

(Spanish) alfalfa

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

cuan gɨch

cuan gɨch

(Spanish) diente de león

Speaker: Juana Martinez Martinez

cubelaaz

to measure

(Spanish) 1. calcular, 2. medir

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

cuch

pig

(Spanish) cerdo

Speaker: Eloterio Hernandez Martinez

cuch niz

cuch niz

(Spanish) chicalote, una planta medicinal

Speaker: Juana Martinez Martinez

cuchdan

(Spanish) armadillo

Speaker: Eloterio Hernandez Martinez

cunejw

(Spanish) conejo

Speaker: Eloterio Hernandez Martinez

curáand

cilantro, coriander

(Spanish) cilantro

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

cuu

type of plant

(Spanish) tipo de planta

Scientific name: ipomoea Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

cuu xnaanú’u

Where is your mother?

(Spanish) ¿Dónde está tu mamá?

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

cuub

(Spanish) tejate

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

cuubdée

cuubdée

ash

(Spanish) ceniza

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

cwɨ’i kiran

(Spanish) sembrar

Speaker: Aurora Sánchez Gómez

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Dictionary produced by Brook Lillehaugen, Moisés García Guzmán, María Mercedes Méndez Morales, Sol Hernandez, Aurora Sánchez Gómez, and Floriana Hernández Martínez, with Savita M. Deo, Graham Mauro, Saul Ontiveros, Alex Mannix and May Plumb, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer.
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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how to cite: Lillehaugen, Brook Danielle, Aurora Sánchez Gómez, and Floriana Hernández Martínez, with Savita M. Deo, Graham Mauro, Saul Ontiveros, & K. David Harrison. 2019. San Bartolomé Quialana Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 1.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/quialana

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