The Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2479 entries, with 2444 audio files and 675 images.
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meat market; butcher shop (where meat is sold)
( Spanish ) carnicería (donde se vende carne)
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( Spanish ) hoja en la iglesia durante la fiesta, posiblemente del árbol del roble
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apron of old-fashioned coins
( Spanish ) delantal de monedas antiguas
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bands of water (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) cinta de agua (nombre del diseño)
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stripes (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) mil rayas (nombre del diseño)
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person’s skull (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) calavera (nombre del diseño)
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Dictionary production supervised by Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and Janet Chávez Santiago, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013-2017).
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Janet Chávez Santiago, Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, Esénia Bañuelos, Ben Gevirtz, Lillian Leibovich, & K. David Harrison. 2025.Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 3.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
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