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[ cwàa’nàa’dy ]
type of plant (used to treat arthritis)
( Spanish ) tipo de planta (se usa a tratar la artritis)
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[ guichble’ed ]
type of plant (eaten by goats)
( Spanish ) tipo de planta (que comen los chivos)
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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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[ gyibtsëhzhii’ ]
a specific type of organ pipe cactus
( Spanish ) una clase de organo que da tuna
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[ gueezhro ]
large biznaga (was used to make "tortillas" during the famine)
( Spanish ) biznaga grande (se usaba para hacer "tortillas" en tiempo de hambruna)
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the walls of the old Quiavini town
( Spanish ) los paredes del viejo pueblo de Quiavini
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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Picacho (name of the mountain)
( Spanish ) Picacho (nombre de la montaña)
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[ gyalùuzh ]
type of pepper tree (Notes: 1. the tender branches are used to both cure and protect one from "susto"; 2. the peppercorns can be burned in the fire to help overdue baby chicks hatch)
( Spanish ) tipo de pirul (Notas: 1. sus ramas tiernas sirven para curar y proteger a uno del susto; 2. cuando los pollitos no nacen el día esperado, se ponen las semillas en el fuego a lado de los huevos y así cuando truenen las semillas, los pollitos nacen)
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[ dùub blììa’ ]
tobalá maguey (a wild maguey used to make mezcal)
( Spanish ) maguey tobalá (maguey silvestre que se usa para hacer mezcal)
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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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[ gyi’lùu’zh dàany ]
type of tree related to pepper tree (it is said that if you get a rash from touching this tree, then in order to get rid of the rash you must dance around the tree and hit the tree with a stick)
( Spanish ) tipo de pirul (se dice que si tocas este árbol, te dara ronchas, para curarte tienes que bailar a su rededor y pegarle con una vara)
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[ gyabòo ]
encino oak (used to make coal)
( Spanish ) encino (se usa para hacer carbón)
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type of plant (used to make smaller brooms, typically used by women)
( Spanish ) tipo de planta (que se usa para hacer escobas pequeñas usualmente para el uso de la mujer)
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[ gyiabòo ]
type of tree (used to make coal)
( Spanish ) un tipo de árbol (para hacer carbón)
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[ lùuzhgùu’ann ]
type of plant
( Spanish ) tipo de planta ("lengua de toro")
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white winged dove
( Spanish ) paloma alas blancas, paloma aliblanca
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.
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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