The San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 1990 entries, with 1509 audio files and 184 images.
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[ dùube’èu’ ]
a type of wild maguey used to make mezcal
( Spanish ) una clase de maguey silvestre para hacer mezcal
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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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[ 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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[ gyibtsëhzhii’ ]
a specific type of organ pipe cactus
( Spanish ) una clase de organo que da tuna
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[ gyabòo ]
encino oak (used to make coal)
( Spanish ) encino (se usa para hacer carbón)
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[ guìi’chbèe lahg ]
type of tree (goats are dependent on this tree)
( Spanish ) tipo de árbol (que comen los chivos)
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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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[ 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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[ gyilabe’ed ]
mala mujer
( Spanish ) mala mujer
Scientific name: cnidoscolus souzae
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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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[ 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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snail
( Spanish ) caracol
Scientific name: Cornu via Wikipedia
Example: Photo by cobao / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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[ gyia btyehn guìi’x ]
type of plant (used to treat stomach aches)
( Spanish ) tipo de planta (que se usa para el dolor de estómago)
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[ guii’ch ble’ed ]
type of thorny bush
( Spanish ) especie de arbusto espinoso
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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