San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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biny

seed

(Spanish) semilla

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

biz gyet

pumpkin seed

(Spanish) semilla de calabaza

Speaker: Ana Petronila Lopez Curiel

bzya

bean

(Spanish) frijol

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

bzyalas

(small) local beans

(Spanish) frijoles criollos (pequeños)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

bzyaro

(big) local beans

(Spanish) frijoles criollos (grandes)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Cabecy buny zhub.

The man is planting corn.; The man is planting corn, beans, and squash.

(Spanish) El hombre está sembrando maíz.; El hombre está sembrando maíz, frijoles, y calabaza.

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Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

garad

plow

(Spanish) arado

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Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

guel[gue’ehll]

1. corn plant; 2. corn field

(Spanish) milpa

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lo nya[loh nyààa’]

lo nya

field

(Spanish) campo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lo zhia[loh zhihah]

(someone’s) field (e-poss.)

(Spanish) terreno (de alguien)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

nez[nehz]

yoke of, pair of

(Spanish) yunta de (bueyes, toros)

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Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

ran[ràa’an]

plow (a field), harvest (produce) from a field

(Spanish) arar

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Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

rbecy[rbèe’cy]

1. plant (something); 2. put on (pants, a skirt)

(Spanish) 1. sembrar (algo); 2. ponerse (pantalones, una falda)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

rcwa zhuarc

dig furrows

(Spanish) trazar surcos

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Speaker: Geraldina López Curiel

Rguch buny zhub.

Rguch buny zhub.

The man mixes the seeds.

(Spanish) El hombre mezcla los granos.

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

rguily

water (plants)

(Spanish) regar (plantas)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

rtau ni zhub lany yu

cover corn with dirt using one's feet

(Spanish) cubrir el maiz con tierra usando los pies

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Speaker: Geraldina López Curiel

Rziricy buny guan.

The man turns the bull around.

(Spanish) El hombre da vuelta a la yunta.

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Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

rzuni lo garad

step on the plow

(Spanish) pisar el arrado

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Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

teiby nez guan

teiby nez guan

a pair of bulls

(Spanish) una yunta de toros

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

yu dyep

fallow field

(Spanish) campo en barbecho

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

yurian

agricultural field

(Spanish) terreno de cultivo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

zhuarc

furrow

(Spanish) surco

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

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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). 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.

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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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