Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

not

(Spanish) no

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

The moon is waxing.

(Spanish) Está creciendo la luna.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

sparrow hawk

(Spanish) gavilán

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

raw meat

(Spanish) carne cruda

Speaker: Camelia Lazo Chávez

dog

(Spanish) perro

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

drunk

(Spanish) borracho

Speaker: Manuel de Jesús Mendoza Chávez

a native speaker of Zapotec

(Spanish) persona hablante y de origen zapoteco

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

mint

(Spanish) yerba buena

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

month of the festival

(Spanish) mes del festival

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

coyote; fox

(Spanish) coyote; zorro

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

red apricots

(Spanish) chabacanos rojos

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

cherry

(Spanish) cereza

Speaker: Camelia Lazo Chávez

tiny

(Spanish) pequeñito, chiquito

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

nail

(Spanish) uña

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

green

(Spanish) verde (color)

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

mountain, hill

(Spanish) montaña, cerro

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

mountains with rain (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) montañas con lluvia (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

truth

(Spanish) verdad

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

December

(Spanish) diciembre

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

cochineal

(Spanish) cochinilla

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

see if...ever again

(Spanish) ¡a ver si...alguna otra vez!

Speaker: Manuel Bazan Chávez

(Spanish) hilo pie

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

that big basket (which is not visible)

(Spanish) ese canasto grande (que no estamos viendo)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lacework

(Spanish) encaje

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to see

(Spanish) ver, acto de

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

listening

(Spanish) acto de enseñar, la enseñanza

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

different from

(Spanish) diferente a

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

donkey

(Spanish) burro

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

chicozapote, sapodilla

(Spanish) chicozapote

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

fruit peel

(Spanish) corteza de (fruta)

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutiérrez

(Spanish) flor del palo bobo

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

(type of flower)

(Spanish) (tipo de flor)

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

quickly (emphatically)

(Spanish) rápido (enfático)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

feels around (in the dark or in a bag)

(Spanish) anda a tientas

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

curses, wishes ill to, puts curse on

(Spanish) maldecir

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

muicle

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

grasshopper

(Spanish) saltamontes

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

only

(Spanish) solo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

knife

(Spanish) cuchillo

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruís

group of dancers for La Danza

(Spanish) grupo de promesa

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martínez

fine

(Spanish) bien

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

twenty-one

(Spanish) veintiuno

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) sembrar

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

What can I put these leftovers in?

(Spanish) En qué voy a servir (guardar) esto que sobró.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

where

(Spanish) donde

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Speaker: Gario Ángeles

where the sun sets down

(Spanish) donde el sol se oculta

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

they (inanimate)

(Spanish) ellos/ellas (deidad)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

kitchen

(Spanish) cocina

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

house (of someone)

(Spanish) casa (de alguien)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

fire

(Spanish) lumbre

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

you

(Spanish) ti, tú

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

mask of the ’campo’ or ’subalternate’ character

(Spanish) máscara del campo/subalterno

Speaker: Juana Mendoza Martínez

bee

(Spanish) abeja

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

wet

(Spanish) mojado

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

unripe

(Spanish) verde (no maduro, de fruta)

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

(Spanish) zarigüeya

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

vendor

(Spanish) vendedor

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

good tasting

(Spanish) sabroso

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

sea, ocean

(Spanish) mar

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

rain

(Spanish) lluvia

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruís

hurricane, storm

(Spanish) huracán, tormenta

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

holy water

(Spanish) agua bendita

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

get taken off, get loosend

(Spanish) se quita, se afloja

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

swallows

(Spanish) tragar

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

gets incompletely cooked; gets cooked rare (of meat)

(Spanish) se cocina imcompletamente; se cocina medio crudo (carne)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

get cooked so that it is crisp (of pork, for example)

(Spanish) dorarse para que se ponga crujiente (de puerco, por ejemplo)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

the wind blows

(Spanish) el viento sopla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

bark (of a dog)

(Spanish) ladrar

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

gather

(Spanish) se juntan

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

gets caught (doing something wrong)

(Spanish) se descubre ( haciendo algo malo)

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

1. to find a way; 2. to find a path

(Spanish) 1. buscar la manera; 2. buscar el camino

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to pay

(Spanish) pagar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

to request

(Spanish) pedir

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

he/she interrupts (what someone is saying)

(Spanish) él/ella interrumpe (lo que alguien está diciendo)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

makes a noise, make noise

(Spanish) hace un ruido, hace ruido

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

gives (something) away

(Spanish) regala, da

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

you make me feel (implied emotion)

(Spanish) me haces sentir (implica emociones)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

talks with, speaks with

(Spanish) habla con, platica con

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

transplant

(Spanish) plantar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

like this

(Spanish) así

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

What can I store the meat in?

(Spanish) En qué (recipiente) voy a guardar la carne.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

without/not overthinking

(Spanish) un solo pensamiento

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

backstrap loom

(Spanish) telar de cintura

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

portion

(Spanish) porción

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

when

(Spanish) cuando

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

when

(Spanish) cuando

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

to fish

(Spanish) pescar

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

under the ear

(Spanish) debajo de la oreja

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

short

(Spanish) corto

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

at this time tomorrow

(Spanish) mañana a esta hora

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

their shirt of

(Spanish) su camisa de

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

onion

(Spanish) cebolla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

tiger

(Spanish) tigre

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

takes communion

(Spanish) comulga

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

(Spanish) maiz desgranado

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

weather

(Spanish) el tiempo, la clima

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

elderly people

(Spanish) viejitos

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

wild prickly pear cactus

(Spanish) nopal del cerro

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

moon halo

(Spanish) halo de luna

Speaker: Leonardo Martinez Sosa

you (formal)

(Spanish) usted

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago