San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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ta[tààa’]

eighty

(Spanish) ochenta

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

ta

flat area on a hill (natural or man made, including terraces)

(Spanish) un área plana en un cerro (natural o hecho por el hombre, incluyendo terrazas)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

ta abtsë[tàa’ahbtsêë’]

ninety

(Spanish) noventa

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tabaza, dyebaza[ta’baza’, dye’baza’]

really

(Spanish) solamente, de veras

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tabiarebichi

name of a hill

(Spanish) nombre de un cerro

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tabiarero

name of a hill

(Spanish) nombre de un cerro

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Tagual[Taguuall]

Day of the Dead (All Saints Day, November 1, and All Souls Day, November 2)

(Spanish) Día de los Muertos

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

talo[talòo’]

(term of address used informally to a friend)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Tan[taan]

Cayetano

(Spanish) Cayetano

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tan[ta’aann]

because

(Spanish) porque

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tap[tahp]

tap

four

(Spanish) cuatro

Speaker: Victoria Lopez

tap[tahp]

tap

four

(Spanish) cuatro

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tap galy[tahp gàally]

eighty

(Spanish) ochenta

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tarea[tareea]

1. homework; 2. exercise

(Spanish) tarea

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tas[ta’s]

cup

(Spanish) taza

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

te crioi[tee cri’oi]

te crioi

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

teblo[te’bloh]

1. flat 2. equal, even, the same 3. evenly, uniformly; equally, the same

(Spanish) 1. plano 2. igual, igualito, mismo 3. parejo, igual, equitativamente, por igual

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tebloizy[te’bloh-ihzy]

just the same

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tecnica[té’cnicah]

technical

teiby[te’ihby]

one; a, an

(Spanish) uno

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

teiby[te’ihby]

teiby

one

(Spanish) uno

Speaker: Victoria Lopez

teiby gaiyua[te’ihby gaiyùùa’]

one hundred

(Spanish) cien

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

teiby ra dyeni[te’ihby ra dye’nnih]

one of those stores

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

teiby ratizy[te’ihby ra’tihzy]

in just a little while

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

teiby zhan[te’ihby zh:àa’n]

a plant

(Spanish) una planta

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

teix[tèe’ix]

trunk, side (e-poss. only)

(Spanish) tronco, pecho, lado (e-poss.)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

telebisyony[telebisyoony]

television

(Spanish) televisión

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

telefono[telé’fonoh]

telephone

(Spanish) telefono

tenizy[té’nnihzy]

tennis shoes

(Spanish) tenis (sapato)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tequily[tequi’ly]

tequila

(Spanish) tequila

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

terminal xte camyuny[termina’ll x:tèe’ camyuuny]

bus station

(Spanish) terminal de autobús

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

testiu[testi’u]

witness

(Spanish) testigo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tewag[tèe’wahg]

1. not 2. no, nope

(Spanish) no

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tewag xi problemdi[no problem]

no problem

(Spanish) sin problema

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tex bgaz

name of place (the slope of bgaz)

(Spanish) nombre de un lugar (la inclinación bgaz)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tex dainy

side of Quiavini Mountain

(Spanish) ladera de la montaña de Quiavini

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tex tati

name of a place (the slope of tati)

(Spanish) nombre de un lugar (la inclinación de tati)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Tijwan[Tijwa’nn]

Tijuana

(Spanish) Tijuana

tiu[ti’u]

1. uncle 2. older brother-in-law, stepfather 3. señor, sir (respectful term of address used to someone one does not know)

(Spanish) 1. tío 2. (a veces) cuñado, padastro 3. señor (addr. respetuosa para dirigirse a un hombre)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tiuwe[ti’uwe’eh]

sir, señor (respectful term of address used to a man)

(Spanish) señor (addr. respetuosa para dirigirse a un hombre); caballero

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

to[tòo’oh]

let’s go

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tom

Speaker: Gerardo López

tort[to’rt]

torta (type of Mexican sandwich)

(Spanish) torta (sandwich)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

totad[to’taad]

assistant mayordomo (diputado)

(Spanish) diputado

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

traj[tra’j]

(man’s) suit

(Spanish) traje

traj zac[tra’j za’c]

nice suit, fancy suit

trasde[tráhsdeh]

behind, in back of

(Spanish) tras de, atrás de

treiny[treeiny]

train

(Spanish) tren

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

trentidoz[tre’nnytidooz]

thirty-two (modern word)

(Spanish) treinta y dos

trenytyuan[tre’nnytyua’nn]

thirty-one

(Spanish) treinta y uno

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Dictionary produced by Brook Lillehaugen, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer.
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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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