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San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec talking dictionary

San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec

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version 7.2023

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San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec

The San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2436 entries, with 1971 audio files and 188 images.
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guzh [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

gyigyerëb [+]

[ gyigy’eèrëb ]

   type of plant

( Spanish ) tipo de planta

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
becw [+]

[ bèe’cw ]

   dog

( Spanish ) perro

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • CC L05
  • animal
cuch armadi [+]

[ cu’uch armadii ]

   armadillo

( Spanish ) armadillo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
gyizha morad [+]

[ gyihzhya’ moraad ]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
bxady [+]

[ bx:àady ]

   chapulin (edible grasshopper)

( Spanish ) chapulín

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Tu ryulaz rau bxady? Who likes to eat chapulines? ¿A quién le gusta come chapulines? Qui aime manger chapulines? see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • animal
  • insect
  • CC L06
  • CC S-06
cwanze [+]

[ cwàa’nzeh ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyilabed [+]

[ gyilabe’ed ]

   mala mujer

( Spanish ) mala mujer

Scientific name: cnidoscolus souzae

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
tyop [+]

[ tyo’p ]

   two

( Spanish ) dos

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
gyilangyia [+]

[ gyilanygyiah ]

   type of plant

( Spanish ) tipo de planta

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
deiby [+]

   feather

( Spanish ) pluma (de ave)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

gya guichzu [+]

[ gya guìi’chzu ]

   type of plant

( Spanish ) tipo de planta

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
bag [+]

[ baag ]

   cow

( Spanish ) vaca

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC L07
  • CC S-06
cwan gyerëb [+]

[ cwàa’n gye’rëb ]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyigwats [+]

[ gyigwa’ts ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyiarziny [+]

[ gyìa’rzihny ]

   type of plant (used for fuel for making bricks)

( Spanish ) una clase de planta (se usa para combustibles para hacer ladrillos)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
nazhëby [+]

   bark scorpion

Scientific name: Centruroides via Wikipedia

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Photo by danieldorantes7 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
bdi [+]

[ bdih ]

   ant

( Spanish ) hormiga

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
  • CC S-06
simien xte loguezh quiamni [+]

   the walls of the old Quiavini town

( Spanish ) los paredes del viejo pueblo de Quiavini

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

guezhro [+]

[ gueezhro ]

   large biznaga (was used to make "tortillas" during the famine)

( Spanish ) biznaga grande (se usaba para hacer "tortillas" en tiempo de hambruna)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guedy [+]

   tunnel

( Spanish ) túnel

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

caracol [+]

   snail

( Spanish ) caracol

Scientific name: Cornu via Wikipedia

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Photo by cobao / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
guepy [+]

[ guèe’py ]

   bellybutton, navel; umbilical cord

( Spanish ) ombligo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Cali bsanu xquepyu? ’Where did you leave your umbilical cord?’


Semantic domains:

  • body part
  • CC S-15
gyarziny [+]

[ gyarzihny ]

   a type of bush

( Spanish ) un tipo de arbusto

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
badia [+]

[ badiia ]

   roadrunner

( Spanish ) correcaminos

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
  • CC L02
  • CC L24
  • CC S-06
machien [+]

[ machiien ]

   monkey

( Spanish ) mono

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
garruzh [+]

   cattle prod

( Spanish ) garrocha

Speaker: Geraldina López Curiel

mniny [+]

[ mnìi’iny ]

   child

( Spanish ) niño, niña

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Ra mniny bichi re na ra wgya xte Xandan. A wgyac blia larëm fot chi wgyarëm ydo Santa Ana ni na Santa Mony. see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • CC L05
  • person
dubia [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
manyser [+]

[ ma’anyseer ]

   bee

( Spanish ) abeja

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L05
  • animal
  • insect
  • CC S-06
cabai [+]

[ caba’i ]

   horse

( Spanish ) caballo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L05
  • animal
  • CC S-06
guëizh [+]

[ gëë’ihzh ]

   maguey fiber

( Spanish ) fibre de maguey

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gugyixtily [+]

[ guhgyix:tiilly ]

   carriso root

( Spanish ) raiz de carriso

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
wi [+]

[ wii ]

   guava

( Spanish ) guayaba

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plants
  • CC L02
  • CC L06
  • CC S-13
  • CC S-01
Quia Bdan [+]

   Picacho (name of the mountain)

( Spanish ) Picacho (nombre de la montaña)

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • location
cwan [+]

[ cwàa’n ]

   alfalfa

( Spanish ) alfalfa

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
Rguch buny zhub. [+]

   The man mixes the seeds.

( Spanish ) El hombre mezcla los granos.

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • agriculture
gyabo [+]

[ gyabòo ]

   encino oak (used to make coal)

( Spanish ) encino (se usa para hacer carbón)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
dam [+]

[ da’amm ]

   owl

( Spanish ) búho, tecolote

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • bird
  • animal
  • CC S-06
gai [+]

[ gài’ ]

   five

( Spanish ) cinco

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC L03
  • CC L08
  • CC S-05
budy ngual [+]

[ bu’uhdy ngu’ahll ]

   male turkey

( Spanish ) guajalote macho

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
  • CC L07
  • CC S-06
guichuny las [+]

[ guichuiny lah’as ]

   type of bush

( Spanish ) tipo de arbusto

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
budy gai [+]

[ bu’uhdy ga’i ]

   rooster

( Spanish ) gallo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
gyabaza [+]

[ gyabazàa ]

   olalliberry tree

( Spanish ) árbol de zarzamora

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
rdo [+]

[ rdòo’oh ]

   1. gets sold, sells (is sold) 2. gets sold by, is sold by (a unit of measure)

( Spanish ) 1. se vende 2. se vende por (una unidad de medida)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Lainy gyia Bac laty rdo bel. Rsilyru ni, ady salodi yzeiny buny! see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • CC L15
dub cux [+]

[ dùub cu’ux ]

   type of maguey

( Spanish ) maguey espadín


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyigwuats [+]

[ gyigwùa’ts ]

   agave shoot

( Spanish ) quiote

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
tsëbteby [+]

[ tsëbteeby ]

   eleven

( Spanish ) once

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC S-05
xtyen becw [+]

[ xtyehn be’cw ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guichëm [+]

[ guichyë’mm ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
baguidy [+]

[ ba’gui’idy ]

   butterfly, moth

( Spanish ) mariposa, polilla

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
  • CC S-06
guichbe lag [+]

[ guìi’chbèe lahg ]

   type of tree (goats are dependent on this tree)

( Spanish ) tipo de árbol (que comen los chivos)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
laz [+]

[ lààa’z ]

   heart

( Spanish ) corazón

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Rcanyalag laztua, rtyen laztua rata zhi runyu, nyeru maru raqui chi rzeiny tsë schi beu re. see more on X


Semantic domains:

  • body part
labiu [+]

[ labyìi’u ]

   spider web

( Spanish ) tela araña

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • spider
bdag xte gyiaguex [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

gyibiazë [+]

[ gyibiazêë ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
bzeiny [+]

[ bzèiny ]

   deer

( Spanish ) venado

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • CC S-06
  • CC L11
cwan bady [+]

[ cwàa’n ba’ady ]

   type of plant

( Spanish ) tipo de planta

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
cwiw [+]

[ cwi’u ]

   fox

( Spanish ) zorro

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
gyiamuzhyedy [+]

[ gyiamuhzhye’edy ]

   type of plant, "machete flower"

( Spanish ) tipo de planta, "flor de machete"

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
tseinyabteby [+]

[ tsèi’nyahbteeby ]

   sixteen

( Spanish ) dieciséis

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC S-05
la [+]

   huaje, river tamarind

( Spanish ) huaje, guaje

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
  • food
baxat [+]

[ bax:aa’t ]

   toad

( Spanish ) sapo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L04
  • animal
  • CC S-06
te crioi [+]

[ tee cri’oi ]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
budy [+]

[ bu’uhuhdy ]

   chicken

( Spanish ) pollo, gallina, gallo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • CC L07
  • animal
  • CC S-06
chon [+]

[ chòonn ]

   three

( Spanish ) tres

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC L08
  • CC S-05
balag [+]

   caterpillar

( Spanish ) oruga

Scientific name: Lepidoptera via Wikipedia

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Photo by hallakarl / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
gya gues siu [+]

[ gya gue’s siu’uh ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyaxi [+]

[ gyaxìi’ ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyizhily [+]

[ gyizhi’iilly ]

   chair

( Spanish ) silla


Semantic domains:

  • CC L08
tseinyabtyop [+]

[ tsèi’nyahbtyo’p ]

   seventeen

( Spanish ) diecisiete

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC S-05
guidy rga [+]

[ gui’dy rgààa’ ]

   slingshot

( Spanish ) resortera

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

zhyet [+]

[ zhye’et ]

   cat

( Spanish ) gato

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L06
  • animal
  • CC S-06
teiby nez guan [+]

   a pair of bulls

( Spanish ) una yunta de toros

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • agriculture
beich [+]

[ be’ich ]

   vulture, buzzard

( Spanish ) zopilote

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
  • CC S-06
  • CC L24
many tajw [+]

   swallow

( Spanish ) golondrina

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
guan [+]

[ gùu’ann ]

   bull; ox

( Spanish ) toro, buey

Speaker: Victoria Lopez

Example: Guan zugua lo neziu


Semantic domains:

  • CC L06
  • CC S-06
luzhguan [+]

[ lùuzhgùu’ann ]

   type of plant

( Spanish ) tipo de planta ("lengua de toro")

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
tap [+]

[ tahp ]

   four

( Spanish ) cuatro

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC L04
  • CC L08
  • CC S-05
paborrely [+]

   peacock

( Spanish ) pavo real

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

gyagyex crioi [+]

[ gyagye’ehx cri’oi ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyia xniaz [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

xculambrusy [+]

[ x:cullambru’uhsy ]

   tarantula

( Spanish ) tarántula

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • spider
gyaguel [+]

[ gyaguèehl ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
zhieb [+]

[ zhi’eb ]

   goat

( Spanish ) chivo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC L07
  • CC S-06
gyiazhubru [+]

[ gyiazh:u’ubru ]

   type of shrub

( Spanish ) tipo de arbusto

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyala [+]

[ gyahlàa’ ]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
bel dub [+]

[ bèe’ll dùub ]

   maguey worm

( Spanish ) gusano de maguey

Scientific name: Comadia redtenbacheri

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Beldub. Ryulazu rauëng e? Lainy mescaly, lany zhubguiny, xa ryulazëng? Gusanos de maguey te gustan? see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • food
gyagues crioi [+]

[ gyague’s cri’oi ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guichbled [+]

[ guichble’ed ]

   type of plant (eaten by goats)

( Spanish ) tipo de planta (que comen los chivos)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
blia xten bziu [+]

   Thunder’s Cave

( Spanish ) cueva del trueno

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • location
gyiasa [+]

( Spanish ) poleo

Scientific name: Hyptis eriocephala

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: 01506 Hyptis eriocephala, POLEO AZUL. Prof UETTM Repositorio, CC-BY-NC-SA via Flickr

gyagyalxnia [+]

[ gyagyàlxniaa ]

   red ocote

( Spanish ) ocote rojo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
many zharbel [+]

[ ma’any zh:arbèel ]

   wandering spider

( Spanish ) araña que no pica;araña de color café

Scientific name: Cupiennius salei

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Photo by danieldorantes7 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • spider
byub [+]

[ byùùu’b ]

   leaf-cutter ant

( Spanish ) hormiga arriera

Scientific name: Atta cephalotes

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Photo by momoto-erick / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
gyixcwan beu [+]
guich bled [+]

[ guii’ch ble’ed ]

   type of thorny bush

( Spanish ) especie de arbusto espinoso

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
tsëbtyop [+]

[ tsëbtyo’p ]

   twelve

( Spanish ) doce

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC S-05
gyag recy [+]

   fire wood

( Spanish ) leña

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

biasa [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

ABOUT

All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities (2013-2019)
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). 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.


Most of the black and white line drawings in these entries are taken from the Arte para la Alfabetización en México (Art for Literacy in Mexico) (Instituto Lingüistico de Verano, A.C., 2004) and are used according to the license agreement therein. All artwork remains the intellectual property of the artist.

All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: 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

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There are currently 2436 entries, 1971 audio files, and 188 images.

All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities (2013-2019)
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). 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.


Most of the black and white line drawings in these entries are taken from the Arte para la Alfabetización en México (Art for Literacy in Mexico) (Instituto Lingüistico de Verano, A.C., 2004) and are used according to the license agreement therein. All artwork remains the intellectual property of the artist.

All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: 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

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