The San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2058 entries, with 1607 audio files and 185 images.
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[ gyabòo ]
encino oak (used to make coal)
( Spanish ) encino (se usa para hacer carbón)
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Picacho (name of the mountain)
( Spanish ) Picacho (nombre de la montaña)
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[ xcarzììi’ da’ad guahl ]
type of plant (a poultice is made from this plant to remove splinters)
( Spanish ) tipo de planta (que se usa para emplaso y extraer astilla)
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[ bë’gui’idy ]
butterfly, moth
( Spanish ) mariposa, polilla
Scientific name: Lepidoptera via Wikipedia
Example: Photo by cullen / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org
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[ gyilabe’ed ]
mala mujer
( Spanish ) mala mujer
Scientific name: cnidoscolus souzae
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[ gyiabòo ]
type of tree (used to make coal)
( Spanish ) un tipo de árbol (para hacer carbón)
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[ guii’ch ble’ed ]
type of thorny bush
( Spanish ) especie de arbusto espinoso
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snail
( Spanish ) caracol
Scientific name: Cornu via Wikipedia
Example: Photo by cobao / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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bark scorpion
Scientific name: Centruroides via Wikipedia
Example: Photo by danieldorantes7 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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[ lùuzhgùu’ann ]
type of plant
( Spanish ) tipo de planta ("lengua de toro")
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[ gyiamuhzhye’edy ]
type of plant, "machete flower"
( Spanish ) tipo de planta, "flor de machete"
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[ ma’any zh:arbèel ]
wandering spider
( Spanish ) araña que no pica;araña de color café
Scientific name: Cupiennius salei
Example: Photo by danieldorantes7 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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[ gyìa’rzihny ]
type of plant (used for fuel for making bricks)
( Spanish ) una clase de planta (se usa para combustibles para hacer ladrillos)
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white winged dove
( Spanish ) paloma alas blancas
Scientific name: Zenaida asiatica
Example: Foto de Jorge A. Pérez Torres, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC). via naturalista.mx
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Dictionary produced by Brook Lillehaugen, 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).
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Lillehaugen, Brook Danielle, Felipe H. Lopez, Pamela Munro, with Savita M. Deo, Graham Mauro, and Saul Ontiveros. 2019.
San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 2.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
http://www.talkingdictionary.org/sanlucasquiavini