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rca buny[rcaa’ah bùunny]
get married
bookmarkrca Dyoz[rcaa’ah Dyooz]
rcanza[rcanzàa]
Rcaza chiza ygwia Dizhsa.
I would like to practice learning Zapotec.
bookmarkRcaza gunya preguan yu.[rcàa’za’ gu’unya’ pregu’uann yuu’]
rchiguely[rchiguèe’lly]
rculozac[rculohza’c]
rcuya, rlaya[rcu’yàa’ah, rla’yàa’ah]
rcwa[rcwààa’ah]
rcwa bany[rcwààa’ah ba’nny]
rcwa bcal[rcwààa’ah bcàa’ll]
rcwa bolad[rcwààa’ah bolaad]
rcwa colory[rcwààa’ah coloory]
rcwa cwen[rcwààa’ah cwe’enn]
rcwa gwel[rcwààa’ah gwe’ell]
1. turn 2. turn (something)
bookmarkrcwa gyieb[rcwààa’ah gyììe’b]
rcwa lo[rcwààa’ah loh]
write (something) to (someone), throw (something) to (someone)
(Spanish) 1. escribirle (algo) a 2. echar (algo) a
bookmarkrcwa punyeity[rcwààa’ah punyei’ty]
Rcwany becw zhyap[rcwàa’nny bèe’cw zhyàa’p]
The dog wakes up the girl
bookmarkrcwaya[rcwàa’yaàa’]
act bossy, act mean
(Spanish) portarse mandón; sentirse superior; portarse de una forma cruel
bookmarkrcwual[rcwùa’ll]
rcyetlaz[rcye’tlààa’z]
Rcyetlaz mniny[rcye’tlààa’z mnìi’iny]
The boy is happy
bookmarkrcyi[rcyi’ih]
rda[rdaa’ah]
rdeidy[rdèèi’dy]
rdeidy[rdèèi’dy]
rdeidy cwen[rdèèi’dy cwe’enn]
realize
bookmarkrdeidy guerr[rdèèidy gue’rr]
bother (someone)
bookmarkrdeidy lo liny[rdèèi’dy loh li’nny]
Rdeidy mna liebr mniny[rdèèi’dy mnààa’ li’ebr mnìi’iny]
The woman gives the book to the child
bookmarkrdes xcyets[rdèe’s x:cyèe’ts]
rdesna lo[rdèe’snnaàa’ lohol]
rdia[a rdíía’]
rdia ya[rdììa’ yaàa’]
jump up and down, be exicted
bookmarkrdiareiny[rdìa’re’iny]
establish a separate household from his parents (of a man who marries)
bookmarkrdiby[rdi’ìiby]
tie (something) onto (something)
bookmarkrdica [rdi’cah]
rdicaldi[rdi’cahldìi]
come out, get figured out (of the truth of something)
bookmarkRdieby nyis[rdììe’by nnyi’ihs]
The water boils
bookmarkrdo[rdòo’oh]
rduazh[rdùùa’zh]
rdyeny[rdyehnny]
1. rise (of the sun) 2. sprout, come up (of a plant)
(Spanish) echar, brotar (dícese de una planta); salir (dícese del sol); brotar (de la encía, dícese de un diente)
bookmarkre[rèe]
re[rèe’]
re[rèe’eh]
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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
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