Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

Come here!

(Spanish) ¡Ven aquí!

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

petate (woven reed mat)

(Spanish) petate

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

Sir, Mister

(Spanish) señor

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

male saint, God

(Spanish) Dios, santo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

highly respected person

(Spanish) persona de mucho respeto

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

mountain, hill

(Spanish) montaña, cerro

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

mountains with rain (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) montañas con lluvia (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

drum

(Spanish) tambor

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

insect with red wings and a green body

(Spanish) (insecto de alas rojas y cuerpo verde)

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

owl (with raised feathers that look like ears)

(Spanish) búho, tecolote

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

owl

(Spanish) búho, tecolote

Speaker: Froylán Carreño Gutiérrez

sacred

(Spanish) sagrado

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

representatives of the Danza de la Pluma

(Spanish) representantes de la Danza de la Pluma

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martínez

words

(Spanish) palabras

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ashes

(Spanish) cenizas

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

really, honestly

(Spanish) verdaderamente, de veras, en verdad

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

1. ashes; 2. wood fire to cook over

(Spanish) 1. ceniza; 2. fuego de leña para cocinar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

dress

(Spanish) vestido

Speaker: Guadalupe Mendoza Martínez

my back

(Spanish) mi espalda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

tile

(Spanish) teja

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

towns

(Spanish) pueblos

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

song, musical piece

(Spanish) canción, pieza musical

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

debt

(Spanish) deuda

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruís

debt

(Spanish) deuda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

debt

(Spanish) deuda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

devil

(Spanish) diablo

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

hare

(Spanish) liebre

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

my ear

(Spanish) mi oreja

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

diamond (nombre del diseño)

(Spanish) diamante (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

to sew

(Spanish) coser

Speaker: Lorenzo Sosa Pépez

sew a dress

(Spanish) coser vestido

Speaker: Lorenzo Sosa Pépez

sew a pant

(Spanish) coser pantalon

Speaker: Lorenzo Sosa Pépez

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

truth

(Spanish) verdad

Speaker: Erasto Gutiérrez López

truth

(Spanish) verdad

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

poem

(Spanish) poema

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

poem

(Spanish) poema

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

language

(Spanish) lengua, idioma

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

store

(Spanish) tienda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

December

(Spanish) diciembre

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

God

(Spanish) Dios

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

word

(Spanish) palabra

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

problem

(Spanish) problema

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruíz

lie

(Spanish) mentira

Speaker: Ambrocio Gutiérrez

lie

(Spanish) mentira

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lie

(Spanish) mentira

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruís

Zapotec language

(Spanish) lengua zapoteca

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

marbles

(Spanish) canicas

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

vegetable

(Spanish) verdura

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

animals

(Spanish) animales

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

lasso; snare

(Spanish) lazo; trampa

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

maguey

(Spanish) maguey

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

agave

(Spanish) agave

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

even

(Spanish) parejo

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez

aloe

(Spanish) sabila, áloe

Speaker: Camillo Alavéz Alavéz

backstrap

(Spanish) mecapal

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

cochineal

(Spanish) cochinilla

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

feather

(Spanish) plumas

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

crown, crest

(Spanish) corona, penacho

Speaker: Juana Mendoza Martínez

even

(Spanish) parejo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

all day long

(Spanish) todo el día

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

necklace

(Spanish) collar

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruís

lamb’s wool yarn

(Spanish) hilo de borrego

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

fault

(Spanish) culpa

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

fault

(Spanish) culpa

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

we

(Spanish) nosotros

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

see if...ever again

(Spanish) ¡a ver si...alguna otra vez!

Speaker: Manuel Bazan Chávez

(Spanish) hilo pie

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

peach

(Spanish) durazno

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

we, us

(Spanish) nosotros

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

yarn, thread

(Spanish) hilo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

thread, yarn

(Spanish) hilo

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

(Spanish) el cordón

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

rope

(Spanish) mecate

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

warp yarn

(Spanish) hilo pie

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

weft

(Spanish) trama

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) hilo doble

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

red yarn

(Spanish) hilo rojo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

our dog

(Spanish) nuestro perro

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

dangerous

(Spanish) peligroso

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

livestock

(Spanish) ganado

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

taste bad (liquid)

(Spanish) saber mal (líquido)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

bad; defective, broken

(Spanish) mal; defectuoso, descompuesto

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

mix

(Spanish) mezclar

Speaker: Lorenzo Sosa Pérez

stir

(Spanish) revolver

Speaker: Lorenzo Sosa Pérez

saint

(Spanish) santo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

moon

(Spanish) luna

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

(god of) thunder and lightning

(Spanish) (dios de) los truenos y el relámpago

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

young woman, Miss (girl’s title)

(Spanish) mujer jóven, Señorita

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

young woman

(Spanish) muchacha

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

the women who participate in the parade announcing the festivity of the town

(Spanish) las muchachas que participan en el convite

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

young girl

(Spanish) niña

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

the shells (fruit)

(Spanish) las cascaras (una fruta)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

livestock

(Spanish) ganado

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

baskets

(Spanish) canastas

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

day of fiesta

(Spanish) dia de fiesta

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

day when the crown is lifted

(Spanish) día que se levanta la corona

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martínez

goat

(Spanish) chivo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

slowly

(Spanish) despacio

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago