Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

mountain de Macuilxochitl

(Spanish) cerro de Macuilxochitl

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

c’mon (more insistent)

(Spanish) ándale, hombre

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

oh okay (good)

(Spanish) ah bueno

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

until

(Spanish) hasta

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

what’s up

(Spanish) qué pasó, mande

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I inhaled, I breathed

(Spanish) inhalé, respiré

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

my finger

(Spanish) mi dedo de mano

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

leaf

(Spanish) hoja

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) hoja en la iglesia durante la fiesta, posiblemente del árbol del roble

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martínez

sparrow hawk

(Spanish) gavilán

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

eye

(Spanish) ojo

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez

wild blackberry

(Spanish) zarzamora

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

snail

(Spanish) caracol

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

dog

(Spanish) perro

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

old person, elderly person

(Spanish) anciano, anciana

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

month of the festival

(Spanish) mes del festival

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

coyote; fox

(Spanish) coyote; zorro

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez

to cloud

(Spanish) nublarse

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

blister

(Spanish) ampolla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) pitiona

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

mountain house sparrow

(Spanish) gurrión del cerro

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

dry

(Spanish) seco

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

owl

(Spanish) búho, tecolote

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

sacred

(Spanish) sagrado

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

really, honestly

(Spanish) verdaderamente, de veras, en verdad

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

towns

(Spanish) pueblos

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lie

(Spanish) mentira

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruís

even

(Spanish) parejo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

we

(Spanish) nosotros

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

have done something enough

(Spanish) hacer algo lo suficiente

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

sickness

(Spanish) enfermedad

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

corn field

(Spanish) milpa

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

scaly custard apple

(Spanish) anona

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

scissors

(Spanish) tijeras

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

chiles rellenos (stuffed poblano chiles)

(Spanish) chiles rellenos

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

vulture

(Spanish) zopilote

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

writing

(Spanish) escritura

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

stingy

(Spanish) tacaño

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

shaft frame on a loom (where the weavings are stretched)

(Spanish) estirador en el telar (donde los tejidos son estirados)

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

(Spanish) huilota (tipo de pájaro)

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

(Spanish) señora

Speaker: Jorge David Hernández Sosa

spoon

(Spanish) cuchara

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

mist

(Spanish) bruma

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

he/she went to collect

(Spanish) fue a rejuntar/traer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

poinsettia

(Spanish) flor de nocha buena

Speaker: Camillo Alavéz Alavéz

nine

(Spanish) nueve

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I’m twenty.

(Spanish) Tengo veinte años.

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

lice hair

(Spanish) liendrudo, liendruda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

kill animals

(Spanish) matar animal(es)

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

cabbage

(Spanish) col

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

gets stuck on

(Spanish) se pega en

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

item, piece, unit (e.g., of paper, rugs)

(Spanish) pieza, hoja (p.ej., de papel, tapetes)

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

celebration of the dead

(Spanish) celebración de muertos

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

inside of my soul (lit. stomach of my soul)

(Spanish) dentro de mi alma (estómago de mi alma)

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

letter

(Spanish) letra

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

border of piece of property, edge of field

(Spanish) límite de propiedad

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) flor de calabaza

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

fire?

(Spanish) lumbre

Speaker: Guadalupe Mendoza Martínez

animal

(Spanish) animal

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ash Wednesday

(Spanish) miércoles de ceniza

Speaker: Celso Gutiérrez Montaño

doll, cute

(Spanish) muñeca, mona

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

heavy

(Spanish) pesado

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I’m studying Zapotec

(Spanish) Estoy estudiando zapoteco

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

we live

(Spanish) vivimos

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

in a rush

(Spanish) apurado

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

fortunate; luckly; blessed; fair; just

(Spanish) afortunado; dichoso; justo

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruís

not at all

(Spanish) de ninguna manera

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

girl

(Spanish) chica

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) celoso

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

hurricane

(Spanish) huracán

Speaker: Bibiana Gutiérrez

everywhere

(Spanish) por todos lados

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

cloudy

(Spanish) nublado

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

thunder

(Spanish) trueno

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

the bell rings

(Spanish) repica la campana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

spinning wheel

(Spanish) rueca

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

stares

(Spanish) mirar fijamente

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

watches from a concealed position, watches stealthily

(Spanish) mira desde una posición oculta, mora cautelosamente

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

the dancers of the feather dance are dancing

(Spanish) los danzantes de la danza de la pluma bailan

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

spin

(Spanish) hilar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I leave my life in God's hands.

(Spanish) Dejo mi vida en las manos de Dios.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

relation, family member

(Spanish) pariente, familiar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

stripes (weaving pattern)

(Spanish) cintas

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

cup

(Spanish) taza

Speaker: Guadalupe Mendoza Martínez

day of wedding; fiesta; celebration

(Spanish) dia de boda; fiesta; celebracion

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

backstrap loom

(Spanish) telar de cintura

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

fourteen

(Spanish) catorce

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

thirteen

(Spanish) trece

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

portion

(Spanish) porción

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

spouse

(Spanish) esposo, esposa

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez

sky, heaven

(Spanish) cielo

Speaker: Manuel de Jesús Mendoza Chávez

small red ant with a nasty bite

(Spanish) hormiga roja chiquita que pica feo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

Teotitlán del Valle

(Spanish) Teotitlán del Valle

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

your father

(Spanish) tu padre

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

thank you (3rd person singular informal)

(Spanish) gracias (él / ella)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

organ pipe cactus

(Spanish) órgano

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

huaje tree

(Spanish) arból de huaje

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

incense

(Spanish) copal

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lard

(Spanish) manteca

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

a long way, long way along

(Spanish) muy lejos

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez