The Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2351 entries, with 2027 audio files and 685 images.
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yu’u
noun house
( Spanish ) casa
bedry beky
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)
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dxummiag
noun basket
( Spanish ) canasta
ndao bya
a soup like dish made with diced and cooked nopal and masa
( Spanish ) amarillo de nopal
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xab kamp
outfits of the ’subalternate’ characters
( Spanish ) traje de los subalternos
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balub
sweep
( Spanish ) barre
bigidy xigie
Zapotec butterflies (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) mariposas zapotecas (nombre del diseño)
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benny kalber
person’s skull (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) calavera (nombre del diseño)
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bitxa’n
noun type of worm that grows in manure
( Spanish ) especie de gusano que crece en el estiércol
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kud ridaʼu beʼl
meat market; butcher shop (where meat is sold)
( Spanish ) carnicería (donde se vende carne)
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gyiny ??
noun 1. storage chest; 2. database
( Spanish ) 2. baul; 2. base de datos
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yaguan
noun mirror
( Spanish ) espejo
ben ruin get xtily nnaxy
baker (person who makes cakes)
( Spanish ) pastelero (persona que hace pastel)
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garol
half
( Spanish ) mitad
lor sint
stripes (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) mil rayas (nombre del diseño)
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ngulubets
yag bis ??
firewood
( Spanish ) leña
yang par xhub xhúb
( Spanish ) olote para desgranar maíz
bityug
egg shell
( Spanish ) cáscara de huevo
bets
gitx kier ziul
has long hair
( Spanish ) de pelo largo
binni
candle
( Spanish ) vela
bigwel
guitar
( Spanish ) guitarra
ruin xsary par tugul
prayers are said for someone after he dies
( Spanish ) se dicen oraciones para un difunto
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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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Lillehaugen, Brook Danielle & Janet Chávez Santiago, with Allison Freemond, Neal Kelso, Jaime Metzger, Kate Riestenberg, & K. David Harrison. 2019. Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 2.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
http://www.talkingdictionary.org/teotitlan
There are currently 2351 entries, 2027 audio files, and 685 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:
Lillehaugen, Brook Danielle & Janet Chávez Santiago, with Allison Freemond, Neal Kelso, Jaime Metzger, Kate Riestenberg, & K. David Harrison. 2019. Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 2.0. 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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