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Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec talking dictionary

Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

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version 3.0, 7.2025

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Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

The Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2479 entries, with 2444 audio files and 675 images.
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gurajw [+]

   lizard

( Spanish ) largatija

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
balay [+]

   sparrow hawk

( Spanish ) gavilán

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
lokwa [+]

noun    forehead

( Spanish ) frente

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • CC I-1
  • CC I-10
  • CC II-1
  • body part
Xigie [+]

town    Teotitán del Valle

( Spanish ) Teotitlán del Valle

Example: de xman re na lani Xigie y seguro entiendes de emoción, you know. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • location
tub reel [+]

   two cents

( Spanish ) dos centavos

Speaker: Elena García Jiménez


Semantic domains:

  • number
git ri’n [+]

noun    zucchini

( Spanish ) calabacita

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
xhumbrel [+]

   hat

( Spanish ) sombrero

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • CC I-3
  • clothing
yag bidua [+]

   banana tree

( Spanish ) árbol de plátano

Speaker: Camillo Alavéz Alavéz


Semantic domains:

  • plant
gie bizyee [+]

( Spanish ) flor de cacao

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • plant
bixia [+]

   town house sparrow (with a red chest)

( Spanish ) gurrión del pueblo (con pecho rojo)

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
kutx [+]

noun    pig

( Spanish ) cerdo, cochino

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
baketx giee [+]

   mockingbird

( Spanish ) cenzontle

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
gixha' [+]

   grass

( Spanish ) pasto

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • plant
sa’ ni ridxag [+]

   friend

( Spanish ) amigo, amiga

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • CC I-4
  • person
gei’j nax [+]

   ice cream

( Spanish ) helado, nieve

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
nis rua’a [+]

possessed noun    my saliva

( Spanish ) mi saliva

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • body part
gal rakli [+]

noun    learning

( Spanish ) aprendizaje

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • school
saate yubtu [+]

   all of you

( Spanish ) todos ustedes

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
bag [+]

   cow

( Spanish ) vaca

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • Spanish loanword
ri xkai [+]

adjective    cloudy

( Spanish ) nublado

Example: see more on Twitter

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • weather
ruin komid [+]

   to make food

( Spanish ) hacer comida

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • food
bees [+]

noun    frog

( Spanish ) rana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • CC I-2
  • animal
kie’xuka [+]

possessed noun    my shoulder

( Spanish ) mi hombro

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • body part
bazuz [+]

noun    squirrel

( Spanish ) ardilla

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
"Guie Bilie Llnually" [+]

   the little cave

( Spanish ) la cuevita

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • places
dxha [+]

   livestock

( Spanish ) ganado

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles


Semantic domains:

  • animal
rub [+]

   tenate (small basket made of palm frond)

( Spanish ) tenate

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be’u [+]

   flea

( Spanish ) pulga

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
kiee [+]

possessed noun    my head

( Spanish ) mi cabeza

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • body part
gu’un [+]

noun    bull

( Spanish ) toro

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
bed [+]

   roadrunner

( Spanish ) correcaminos

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
bell [+]

noun    snake

( Spanish ) culebra

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
gie [+]

noun    rock

( Spanish ) piedra

Speaker: Bibiana Gutiérrez

bitxa’n [+]

   white worms

( Spanish ) gusanos blancos

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
guxady [+]

   grasshopper

( Spanish ) chapulin

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
bez [+]

noun    (type of big jackrabbit)

( Spanish ) (especia de liebre grande)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
yagidy [+]

   pine tree

( Spanish ) pino

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • plant
Guki’n yubtu siaaben [+]

   Eat, drink (polite invitation that the guests at a party eat and drink)

( Spanish ) Reciban (invitación de cortesía para que los invitados de una fiesta coman y beban)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
bizi’e yuu [+]

noun    peanut

( Spanish ) cacahuate

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
bidzï [+]

noun    tuna (type of cactus fruit)

( Spanish ) tuna

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
yal [+]

   incense

( Spanish ) copal

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • religion
gulag [+]

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

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

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa


Semantic domains:

  • weaving and dyeing
beny ni rukua’ dii [+]

   singer

( Spanish ) cantante

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
nis [+]

noun    water

( Spanish ) agua

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
nan [+]

   mother

( Spanish ) mamá

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
  • person
kud ridaʼu beʼl [+]

   meat market; butcher shop (where meat is sold)

( Spanish ) carnicería (donde se vende carne)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
txel [+]

noun    spouse

( Spanish ) esposo, esposa

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
  • person
balo [+]

   eye

( Spanish ) ojo

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez


Semantic domains:

  • body part
bite’z [+]

   nest

( Spanish ) nido

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

yag bis [+]

   firewood

( Spanish ) leña

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

rua’a [+]

noun    my mouth

( Spanish ) mi boca

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • body part
siaab geez [+]

noun    white atole, atole with foam

( Spanish ) atole blanco, atole con espuma

Example: see more on Twitter

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
billig [+]

( Spanish ) martin pescador

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • bird
bellaa [+]

possessed noun    my sister (for a woman)

( Spanish ) mi hermana (para una mujer)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
Birutz [+]

town    Santo Domingo Tomaltepec

( Spanish ) Santo Domingo Tomaltepec

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • location
guii [+]

   fire, flame

( Spanish ) fuego

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

ges [+]

noun    1. clay pot; pot; 2. piñata

( Spanish ) 1. olla de barro; olla; 2. piñata

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • celebration
betx [+]

   vulture

( Spanish ) zopilote

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
bekw [+]

noun    dog

( Spanish ) perro

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC I-3
giety [+]

noun    rainbow

( Spanish ) arcoiris

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • sky
yudau [+]

noun    1. church; 2. religion

( Spanish ) 1. iglesia; 2. religión

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • religion
ribeky xhub [+]

verb    sow (seeds)

( Spanish ) sembrar maiz

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • agriculture
tsïïnn bi tiop [+]

   seventeen

( Spanish ) diecisiete

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • number
bingul [+]

   wise person

( Spanish ) persona sabia; el mayor de

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
lani xten Dad Bid [+]

   fiesta de la Preciosa Sangre

( Spanish ) fiesta de la Preciosa Sangre

Speaker: Leonardo Martinez Sosa


Semantic domains:

  • celebration
  • religion
gutip [+]

   wasp

( Spanish ) avispa

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • CC I-10
  • animal
xtadu [+]

possessed noun    your father

( Spanish ) tu padre

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
sint nis [+]

   bands of water (name of weaving pattern)

( Spanish ) cinta de agua (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • weaving and dyeing
  • Spanish loanword
yajxhily [+]

noun    chair

( Spanish ) silla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • school
lady [+]

   1. cloth; 2. clothes

( Spanish ) 1. tela; 2. ropa

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • clothing
lagw [+]

noun    lake

( Spanish ) lago

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • landscape
  • Spanish loanword
gal reziaklà’àz [+]

noun    gifts given during engagement from the groom (and his family) to the bride (and her family)

( Spanish ) contentamiento

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • celebration
biga’ [+]

noun    necklace

( Spanish ) collar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • clothing
palom [+]

noun    dove

( Spanish ) paloma

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
dxapen [+]

noun    young girl

( Spanish ) niña

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
gal rizibiny [+]

noun    sowing (seeds)

( Spanish ) siembra

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • agriculture
gye beser [+]

( Spanish ) flor de abeja

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • plant
alberg [+]

   peas

( Spanish ) chícharos

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
bedy [+]

   chicken

( Spanish ) pollo, gallina

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez


Semantic domains:

  • CC I-10
  • animal
  • bird
tiop yu’ medy [+]

   two cents

( Spanish ) dos centavos

Speaker: Elena García Jiménez


Semantic domains:

  • number
niz [+]

( Spanish ) mazorca

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
tsï [+]

   ten

( Spanish ) diez

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • number
lu’x [+]

noun    tongue (of everyone)

( Spanish ) lengua (de todos)

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez


Semantic domains:

  • body part
duu xnya [+]

noun    red yarn

( Spanish ) hilo rojo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

maxk xte camp [+]

   mask of the ’campo’ or ’subalternate’ character

( Spanish ) máscara del campo/subalterno

Speaker: Juana Mendoza Martinez


Semantic domains:

  • Danza de la Pluma
rodixhy [+]

( Spanish ) rodillo

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández


Semantic domains:

  • weaving and dyeing
detsa [+]

possessed noun    my back

( Spanish ) mi espalda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • body part
bizie [+]

noun    well

( Spanish ) pozo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

getxgib [+]

   nail

( Spanish ) clavo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

bejw nis [+]

   turtle

( Spanish ) tortuga

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
gulte [+]

( Spanish ) pajaro del monte

Speaker: Jorge David Hernández Sosa


Semantic domains:

  • animal
biga’ [+]

   necklace

( Spanish ) collar

Speaker: Leonardo Martinez Sosa

karnad [+]

noun    pomegranate

( Spanish ) granada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
  • Spanish loanword
bixus [+]

noun    priest

( Spanish ) sacerdote

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • religion
yag xtily [+]

   firework, tower of fireworks

( Spanish ) castillo de cohete

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • celebration
bedy dain [+]

   wild chicken

( Spanish ) pollo del monte

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
"Danyux" [+]

   mountain de Macuilxochitl

( Spanish ) cerro de Macuilxochitl

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • places
ze’e [+]

noun    sweet corn

( Spanish ) elote

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
baketx giee [+]

   mockingbird

( Spanish ) cenzontle

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
ni ratau [+]

   vendor

( Spanish ) vendedor

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
ABOUT

All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities (2013-2017).
Dictionary production supervised by Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and Janet Chávez Santiago, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013-2017).
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.

Most of the black and white line drawings in these entries are taken from the Arte para la Alfabetización en México (Art for Literacy in Mexico) (Instituto Lingüistico de Verano, A.C., 2004) and are used according to the license agreement therein. All artwork remains the intellectual property of the artist.

All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: 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. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/teotitlan

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There are currently 2479 entries, 2444 audio files, and 675 images.

All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities (2013-2017).
Dictionary production supervised by Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and Janet Chávez Santiago, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013-2017).
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.

Most of the black and white line drawings in these entries are taken from the Arte para la Alfabetización en México (Art for Literacy in Mexico) (Instituto Lingüistico de Verano, A.C., 2004) and are used according to the license agreement therein. All artwork remains the intellectual property of the artist.

All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: 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. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/teotitlan

Interface and database design under the direction of Jeremy Fahringer and Swarthmore College ITS.

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