San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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la[lah]

name; is named

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

laad[làa’-ahd]

you (plural, informal)

(Spanish) ustedes (informal)

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lad[làad]

between

(Spanish) entre

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lady[lahdy]

body, clothes

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

laëng [la’a-ëng ]

he

(Spanish) él

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lag[làa’g]

same

lai [la’ài’]

he, she, it; him, her, it (distal)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lai[la’ài’]

he, she, it; him, her, it (distal)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lai[la’aih]

tooth

(Spanish) diente

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lai[a’ai]

he, she, it; him, her, it (distal)

(Spanish) él, ella; a él, a ella; lo, la (distal)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Lai cacwanyi zhyet.[La’ài’ cacwàa’nnyih zhye’et]

He is waking up the cat.

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lany[làa’any]

stomach

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lapy[la’py]

pencil

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lasto[lastòo’]

liver; heart, center

(Spanish) corazón

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lats[làa’ts]

flat part

(Spanish) parte plano

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lats[Ba’i]

Valley

(Spanish) Valle

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

laz[lààa’z]

heart

(Spanish) corazón

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lazh

homeland

(Spanish) pueblo de origen

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Ldiabaga naa bunybizh rindilaza tebygazy Dyoz.

Truly I, the sickly person, believe in only one God.

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Ldua[Ldùa’ah]

Oaxaca

(Spanish) Oaxaca

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lechu[lechuu]

lettuce

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lecsyony [lecsyoony ]

lesson

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lecsyony[lecsyoony]

lesson

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Leony[Leoony]

Leon

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Lezla ganyu![lèezlàa’ gàannyuu’!]

Wait!

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Lia[lia]

girl’s title, Miss, Señorita

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Lia Glory[Lia Gloory]

Gloria

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Lia Len[Lia Leen]

Elena

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Lia Mony[Lia Mo’oony]

Monica

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Lia Petr[Lia Pe’tr]

Petra

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

liaz[liihahz]

house (e-poss.)

Example: Bchaa nyis detsyu liaz xtada, guzhia yugop, mnalaza naca bichi rzhunya canliazëb beinyi. Xi rnalazu riu liaz xauzanu?
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Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

liaz gyieb[liahz gyììe’b]

jail

(Spanish) carcel

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

liebr[li’ebr]

book

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

limony[limoony]

lime

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

limony[limoony]

lemon; lime

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

liu[lìu’]

you (singular, informal)

(Spanish) tú

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

liu, a?

and you? (informal)

(Spanish) ¿y tú?

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lo[lohoh]

face

(Spanish) cara

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lo nya[loh nyààa’]

lo nya

field

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lo teix[loh tèe’ix]

chest

(Spanish) pecho

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lo zhia[loh zhihah]

(someone’s) field (e-poss.)

(Spanish) terreno (de alguien)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Loby[lo’oby]

Lopez

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

locwa, lacwa[lohcwah, lahcwah]

forehead

(Spanish) frente

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loni[lohnih]

party

(Spanish) fiesta

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lonya[loh nyààa’]

land

(Spanish) tierra

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Lonya re ca lo gyets.[Lohnyààa’ rèe càa loh gyèe’ts]

That field is written on a document

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Lonya re, cai lo gyets nui lainy archieb xten Don Geronimo Crispin.

That field, it is written on the paper in the archive of Don Geronimo Crispin.

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Lonya re, cai lo gyets.[Lohnyààa’ rèe càaih loh gyèe’ts]

That field, it is written on a document.

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Lonya re, lo gyets cai.[Lohnyààa’ rèe, loh gyèe’ts càaih]

That field, it is written on a document.

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lorëng[lohrëng]

their faces

(Spanish) sus caras

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

luazh[lu’ahzh:]

beard

(Spanish) barba

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

luzh[lùuzh]

tongue

(Spanish) lengua

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

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All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities. (2013-2016)
Dictionary produced by Brook Lillehaugen, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013-2016).
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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how to cite: 2016. Lillehaugen, Brook Danielle, Felipe H. Lopez, Pamela Munro, with Tess A. Harty, Sam Katz, Javier A. Pina, May Helena Plumb, Diamond C. J. Ray, and Cornelio Santos. San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 1.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/sanlucasquiavini

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