Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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bangw ribiby gixt

(Spanish) Banca para hilar

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

a babeu lady

(Spanish) ya terminaste el tapete (sacar)

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

begw

shuttle

(Spanish) lanzadera

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

begw

begw

shuttle

(Spanish) lanzadera

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

begw

shuttle

(Spanish) lanzadera

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

begw lay

begw lay

noun heddle (part of loom)

(Spanish) peine de telar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

benny kalber

benny kalber

person’s skull (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) calavera (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

benny ni ruintxei lady

benny ni ruintxei lady

weaver

(Spanish) tejedor

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

bigidy xigie

bigidy xigie

Zapotec butterflies (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) mariposas zapotecas (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

biguz

biguz

drop spindle

(Spanish) malacate para hilar

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

biguz

biguz

drop spindle

(Spanish) malacate

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

biguz

biguz

drop spindle

(Spanish) malacate para hilar

Speaker: Froylan Carreño Gutiérrez

biguz gib

metal spindle for yarn

(Spanish) malacate de metal para hilar

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

biguz gib

metal spindle for yarn

(Spanish) malacate de metal

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

biguz yag

wooden spindle for yarn

(Spanish) malacate de madera

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

biliee

sapodilla

(Spanish) zapote

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

bilielly

spool

(Spanish) devanadera

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

bilielly

spool

(Spanish) devanadera

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

binni

binni

candles (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) velas (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

bip

(spindle to make warp yarn)

(Spanish) cuñas (malacate para levantar la urdimbre)

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

bip

spindle used to make warp yarn

(Spanish) cuñas (malacate para levantar la urdimbre)

Speaker: Froylan Carreño Gutiérrez

buly duu

buly duu

ball of yarn

(Spanish) bola de hilo

Speaker: Manuel de Jesús Mendoza Chávez

dain nisgie

dain nisgie

mountains with rain (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) montañas con lluvia (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

diamant

diamond (nombre del diseño)

(Spanish) diamante (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

dobladix

dobladix

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

dubg

feather

(Spanish) plumas

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

dugitx

lamb’s wool yarn

(Spanish) hilo de borrego

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

duras

(Spanish) hilo pie

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

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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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