Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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txi ridie’ bii

noun when it’s windy

(Spanish) cuando hace aire

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

txi ruluxh guya’a

finish the set amount of time for being one of the Danzantes (3 year periods)

(Spanish) termina la promesa (de 3 años)

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martinez

txi’n

a little

(Spanish) un poco

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutiérrez

txi’nsiun

(Spanish) pocos

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

txiel

txiel

noun spouse

(Spanish) esposo, esposa

Speaker: Rocío Mendoza Bazán

txiky

before, in front

(Spanish) antes

Speaker: Rocío Mendoza Bazán

txila’z

slow

(Spanish) despacio

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

txilaas

slowly

(Spanish) despacio

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

txinela’z

to take into account

(Spanish) tomar en cuenta

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

txiniezun bellnis

to fish

(Spanish) pescar

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

txinisa’

I am going to pee.

(Spanish) Me voy a orinar.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

txinzh ??

noun bedbug

(Spanish) chinche

Speaker: CC

txinzing

fewer (for countable objects)

(Spanish) menos (como cosas que se pueden contar)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

txirided rated xiniki

as it happens

(Spanish) después de todo

Speaker: Jorge David Hernández Sosa

txiru

and it’s that, and then

(Spanish) y es que

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

txonn

txonn

three

(Spanish) tres

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

txonn jaly

number sixty

(Spanish) sesenta

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

txonn jaly bi tsï

number seventy

(Spanish) setenta

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

txonn let rigal

seventy (for money)

(Spanish) sesenta (para dinero)

Speaker: Elena García Jiménez

txonn pas

three step (La Danza step)

(Spanish) paso tres (paso de La Danza)

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martinez

txuk

noun kiss

(Spanish) beso

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

txuk

kiss

(Spanish) beso

Speaker: edison hipolito

txuu txe’in

saves, puts away, packs up

(Spanish) ahorra, guarda, empaca

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

txuuin

rubbing alcohol

(Spanish) (que se frota) alcohol

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

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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).
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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

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