The San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2436 entries, with 1971 audio files and 188 images.
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gyilabed
[ gyilabe’ed ]
mala mujer
( Spanish ) mala mujer
Scientific name: cnidoscolus souzae
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gyiarziny
[ 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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nazhëby
bark scorpion
Scientific name: Centruroides via Wikipedia
Example: Photo by danieldorantes7 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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simien xte loguezh quiamni
the walls of the old Quiavini town
( Spanish ) los paredes del viejo pueblo de Quiavini
[ 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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caracol
snail
( Spanish ) caracol
Scientific name: Cornu via Wikipedia
Example: Photo by cobao / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Quia Bdan
Picacho (name of the mountain)
( Spanish ) Picacho (nombre de la montaña)
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gyabo
[ gyabòo ]
encino oak (used to make coal)
( Spanish ) encino (se usa para hacer carbón)
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rdo
guichbe lag
[ guìi’chbèe lahg ]
type of tree (goats are dependent on this tree)
( Spanish ) tipo de árbol (que comen los chivos)
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gyiamuzhyedy
[ gyiamuhzhye’edy ]
type of plant, "machete flower"
( Spanish ) tipo de planta, "flor de machete"
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balag
caterpillar
( Spanish ) oruga
Scientific name: Lepidoptera via Wikipedia
Example: Photo by hallakarl / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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luzhguan
[ lùuzhgùu’ann ]
type of plant
( Spanish ) tipo de planta ("lengua de toro")
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guichbled
[ guichble’ed ]
type of plant (eaten by goats)
( Spanish ) tipo de planta (que comen los chivos)
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gyiasa
( Spanish ) poleo
Scientific name: Hyptis eriocephala
Example: 01506 Hyptis eriocephala, POLEO AZUL. Prof UETTM Repositorio, CC-BY-NC-SA via Flickr
many zharbel
[ 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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byub
[ byùùu’b ]
leaf-cutter ant
( Spanish ) hormiga arriera
Scientific name: Atta cephalotes
Example: Photo by momoto-erick / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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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.
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