The Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2477 entries, with 2462 audio files and 672 images.
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ben rizuuz
drunk
( Spanish ) borracho
ben ruin get xtily nnaxy
baker (person who makes cakes)
( Spanish ) pastelero (persona que hace pastel)
Semantic domains:
benny kalber
person’s skull (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) calavera (nombre del diseño)
Semantic domains:
beny gazublo
head person, person in charge
( Spanish ) persona que encabeza, persona encargado
Semantic domains:
benzit
bets
betsa
biga’
necklace
( Spanish ) collar
bigidy xigie
Zapotec butterflies (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) mariposas zapotecas (nombre del diseño)
Semantic domains:
bigu
knot
( Spanish ) nudo
bigwel
guitar
( Spanish ) guitarra
bigwel
guitar
( Spanish ) guitarra
binni
candle
( Spanish ) vela
binni
candle
( Spanish ) vela
binni
candles (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) velas (nombre del diseño)
Semantic domains:
binni gie
type of candle decorated with flowers
( Spanish ) vela de concha
bite'z
nest
( Spanish ) nido
bitxa'n
type of worm that grows in manure
( Spanish ) especie de gusano que crece en el estiércol
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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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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 2477 entries, 2462 audio files, and 672 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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