Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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xa

interrogative how

(Spanish) cómo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xa nie nde dixtily

How do I say this in Spanish?

(Spanish) ¿Cómo digo esto en español?

Speaker: Leonardo Martinez Sosa

xa nie ndee dixza

How do I say this in Zapotec?

(Spanish) ¿Cómo digo esto en zapoteco?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xa yu

phrase How are you? (informal)

(Spanish) ¿Cómo estás?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xa yu bellu

phrase How is your sister? (speaking to a woman)

(Spanish) ¿Cómo está tu hermana? (hablando a una mujer)

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

xa yu betsu

phrase How is your brother? (speaking to a man)

(Spanish) ¿Cómo está tu hermano? (hablando a un hombre)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xa yu bizanu

How is your brother? (speaking to a woman); How is your sister (speaking to a man)

(Spanish) ¿Cómo está tu hermano? (hablando a una mujer); ¿Cómo está tu hermana? (hablando a un hombre)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xa yu xhanu

phrase How is your mother?

(Spanish) ¿Cómo está tu madre?

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

xa yu xhi’nyu

phrase How is your child?

(Spanish) ¿Cómo está tu hijo / hija?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xa yu xtadu

phrase How is your father?

(Spanish) ¿Cómo está tu padre?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xa yu yubyu

phrase How are you? (formal)

(Spanish) ¿Cómo está?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xa yuu

phrase How are you

(Spanish) ¿Cómo estás?

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

xab

xab

noun clothes

(Spanish) ropa

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xab kamp

xab kamp

outfits of the ’subalternate’ characters

(Spanish) traje de los subalternos

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martinez

xau’

phrase excuse me?

(Spanish) ¿mande?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

Xaw

phrase Excuse me?

(Spanish) ¿Mande?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xbagusa

possessed noun my son-in-law

(Spanish) mi yerno

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xbaxhwang

(Spanish) amo de (dueño de algún animal)

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

xdily

phrase in the morning

(Spanish) en la mañana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xdzïin lats

xdzïin lats

farming

(Spanish) trabajo del campo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xgudie

(Spanish) plaga

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

xgulisa

possessed noun my daughter-in-law

(Spanish) mi nuera

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xguni

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xha gibàʼ

noun sky, heaven

(Spanish) cielo

Speaker: Manuel de Jesús Mendoza Chávez

xha’t

lean on

(Spanish) recargarse

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhadyag

noun under the ear

(Spanish) debajo de la oreja

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhaget

on the bottom (of a stack or pile in a container)

(Spanish) al fondo (de un montón o pila en un recipiente)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhana

xhana

possessed noun my mother

(Spanish) mi mamá

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhanu

possessed noun your mother

(Spanish) tu mamá

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhaxhie

xhaxhie

noun back of the neck, nape of the neck

(Spanish) mi nuca

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhayamutx

below the huamuchil (a kind of a tree)

(Spanish) abajo del huamuchil

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhi gaxagun

phrase see you tomorrow

(Spanish) nos vemos mañana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhi skan

at this time tomorrow

(Spanish) mañana a esta hora

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhi’iby

xhi’iby

noun knee

(Spanish) rodilla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhi’ily

noun sheep

(Spanish) oveja

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

xhi’ixhy

xhi’ixhy

noun pineapple

(Spanish) piña

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

xhi’lly

xhi’lly

cotton

(Spanish) algodón

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhi’ly

(Spanish) algodón

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

xhi’ly

(Spanish) borrego

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

xhi’n

xhi’n

noun offspring, child

(Spanish) hijo, hija

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhi’n baly

xhi’n baly

godchild

(Spanish) ahijado, ahijada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhi’niu

possessed noun your child

(Spanish) tu hijo, tu hija

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhiaag

their shirt of

(Spanish) su camisa de

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

xhiag

xhiag

noun grandchild

(Spanish) nieto, nieta

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

xhiang

noun anger

(Spanish) enojo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhiantè’

what a shame

(Spanish) que lástima

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhib

xhib

noun goat

(Spanish) chivo

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

xhiban xhily

small red ant with a nasty bite

(Spanish) hormiga roja chiquita que pica feo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

xhidx

xhidx

noun pineapple

(Spanish) piña

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhidx

xhidx

pineapple

(Spanish) piña

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

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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: Janet Chávez Santiago, Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, 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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