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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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mountains with rain (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) montañas con lluvia (nombre del diseño)
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rattle used in the Danza de la Pluma
( Spanish ) sonaja de los danzantes (Danza de la Pluma)
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1. the mouth of 2. the edge of, the rim of
( Spanish ) 1. la boca de 2. la orilla de
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the dancers of the feather dance are dancing
( Spanish ) los danzantes de la danza de la pluma bailan
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mask of the ’campo’ or ’subalternate’ character
( Spanish ) máscara del campo/subalterno
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Zapotec butterflies (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) mariposas zapotecas (nombre del diseño)
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( Spanish ) hoja en la iglesia durante la fiesta, posiblemente del árbol del roble
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shaft frame on a loom (where the weavings are stretched)
( Spanish ) estirador en el telar (donde los tejidos son estirados)
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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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