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 bellu?

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?

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?

How is your mother?

(Spanish) ¿Cómo está tu madre?

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

Xa yu xhi'nyu?

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 yu?

How are you? (informal)

(Spanish) ¿Cómo estás?

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’

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

xbitxa

sweetie

(Spanish) mi cariño

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

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

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

your mother

(Spanish) tu mamá

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhat

short

(Spanish) corto

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

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

knee

(Spanish) rodilla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhi’ily

sheep

(Spanish) oveja

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

xhi’ixhy

xhi’ixhy

pineapple

(Spanish) piña

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

xhi’ly

(Spanish) algodón

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

xhi’ly

(Spanish) borrego

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

xhi’n

xhi’n

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

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

xhian

noun anger

(Spanish) enojo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhiantè’

what a shame

(Spanish) que lástima

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhib

xhib

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

pineapple

(Spanish) piña

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhidx

xhidx

pineapple

(Spanish) piña

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhie’ty

xhie’ty

onion

(Spanish) cebolla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhieʼty

xhieʼty

onion

(Spanish) cebolla

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

xhig

xhig

1. jicara 2. crazy

(Spanish) 1. jícara 2. loco

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhigab

noun idea; thought

(Spanish) idea; pensamiento

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhige’l

part of the warp of a rug

(Spanish) parte de la urdimbre al tapete

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

xhigii

(Spanish) paño

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

xhii

tomorrow

(Spanish) mañana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhiibia

my knee

(Spanish) mi rodilla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhilium

the wing of

(Spanish) el ala de

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

xhilly

xhilly

cotton

(Spanish) algodón

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhilly

lamb

(Spanish) borrego

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

xhilly

cotton

(Spanish) algodón

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

xhinga’n

xhinga’n

son

(Spanish) hijo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhinga’na

my son

(Spanish) mi hijo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhinga’nu

your son

(Spanish) tu hijo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhit

xhit

cat

(Spanish) gato

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhit

xhit

cat

(Spanish) gato

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

xhit

xhit

cat

(Spanish) gato

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez

xhit bes

xhit bes

mountain lion

(Spanish) gato montes

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez

xhit bez

xhit bez

tiger

(Spanish) tigre

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhita

my cat

(Spanish) mi gato

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhiten

xhiten

kitty

(Spanish) gatito

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhiti

put it off until tomorrow

(Spanish) dejarlo para mañana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhitu

your cat

(Spanish) tu gato

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhixhiitè’

daily

(Spanish) diario

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhixhite

every day

(Spanish) a diario, cada día

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

xhiʼindxapa’

my daughter

(Spanish) mi hija

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhiʼindxapu

your daughter

(Spanish) tu hija

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhiʼndxap

xhiʼndxap

daughter

(Spanish) hija

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhork

(Spanish) surco

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

xhtiu rauo

with a bottom that sticks out

(Spanish) con un trasero que sobresale

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

xhu

earthquake

(Spanish) temblor

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhu row

big earthquake

(Spanish) temblor grande

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhub

soup

(Spanish) caldo

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

xhub

(Spanish) maiz

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

xhub bataw

(Spanish) maiz picado

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

xhub bedy

chicken soup

(Spanish) caldo de pollo

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

xhub dul

takes communion

(Spanish) comulga

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

xhub la

(Spanish) maiz desgranado

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

xhub ya’

hail

(Spanish) granizo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhubgiin zïtbedy

xhubgiin zïtbedy

salsa de huevo (a dish with eggs and salsa)

(Spanish) salsa de huevo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhuk yag

xhuk yag

branch

(Spanish) rama

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhuka

xhuka

noun my arm

(Spanish) mi brazo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhumbrel

xhumbrel

hat

(Spanish) sombrero

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhumbrel

xhumbrel

hat

(Spanish) sombrero

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

xhuub

xhuub

corn

(Spanish) maíz

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xi

interrogative what

(Spanish) qué

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xi go mayn

xi go mayn

feed, animal food

(Spanish) alimento para los animales, alimento, comida

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

Xi lo iz guliu?

What year were you born in?

(Spanish) ¿En qué año naciste?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

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