The Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2479 entries, with 2444 audio files and 675 images.
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kud ridaʼu beʼl
meat market; butcher shop (where meat is sold)
( Spanish ) carnicería (donde se vende carne)
Semantic domains:
balag yag zats
( Spanish ) hoja en la iglesia durante la fiesta, posiblemente del árbol del roble
Semantic domains:
betsa
lady rika medy gulal
apron of old-fashioned coins
( Spanish ) delantal de monedas antiguas
Semantic domains:
bigwel
guitar
( Spanish ) guitarra
gix
net; hammock
( Spanish ) red; hamaca
beegw
comb
( Spanish ) peine
txa
sint nis
bands of water (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) cinta de agua (nombre del diseño)
Semantic domains:
bakuél
corn husk
( Spanish ) totomoztle, hoja que envuelve la mazorca
bedy ribeky
grek gie
(name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) caracol (nombre del diseño)
Semantic domains:
bixtily
soap
( Spanish ) jabón
lor sint
stripes (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) mil rayas (nombre del diseño)
Semantic domains:
yu’u
noun house
( Spanish ) casa
benny kalber
person’s skull (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) calavera (nombre del diseño)
Semantic domains:
ridie gubidx
gixhlyu
gub
noun broom
( Spanish ) escoba
xhi’ily
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.
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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.
http://www.talkingdictionary.org/teotitlan
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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