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

bangw

bangw

stepping stool

(Spanish) banco

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

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

biguz

biguz

drop spindle

(Spanish) malacate para hilar

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

biguz

biguz

drop spindle

(Spanish) malacate para hilar

Speaker: Froylán 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: Froylán 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

dugitx

lamb’s wool yarn

(Spanish) hilo de borrego

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

duras

(Spanish) hilo pie

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

duu

noun thread, yarn

(Spanish) hilo

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

duu

duu

noun yarn, thread

(Spanish) hilo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

duu dib

(Spanish) el cordón

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

duu ras

noun warp yarn

(Spanish) hilo pie

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

duu riu

weft

(Spanish) trama

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

duu rup

(Spanish) hilo doble

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

gal ruintxey

noun weaving

(Spanish) acción de tejer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

gal ruintxey lady

noun weave

(Spanish) tejer, acción de

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ganary

(Spanish) el peine del telar

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

ganary

(Spanish) el peine de telar

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

ganily

bobbin

(Spanish) canillo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ganily

ganily

bobbin

(Spanish) canillo

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

ganily

bobbin

(Spanish) canillo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

ganily

ganily

noun bobbin

(Spanish) canillo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

garbat

garbat

noun greek key (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) greca (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

getxguxhy

getxguxhy

noun needle

(Spanish) aguja

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

getxguxy

getxguxy

needle

(Spanish) aguja

Speaker: Leonardo Martinez Sosa

gib gal

teasel

(Spanish) cardas

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

gie bguu

Mexican marigold

(Spanish) Cempazuchil, pericón

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

gitx

gitx

wool

(Spanish) lana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

grek garbat

grek garbat

(name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) grecas (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

grek gie

grek gie

(name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) caracol (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

grek gusiu

lightning (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) relámpago (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

gudie

verb I dyed

(Spanish) teñí

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

gulag

shaft frame of a loom (where the weavings are stretched)

(Spanish) estirador en el telar (donde los tejidos son estirados)

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

gulag

gulag

shaft frame on a loom (where the weavings are stretched)

(Spanish) estirador en el telar (donde los tejidos son estirados)

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

gulag

gulag

shaft frame on a loom (where the weavings are stretched)

(Spanish) estirador en el telar (donde los tejidos son estirados)

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

Guta be

(Spanish) Voy a moler la cochinilla

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

gwepy

gwepy

loom net

(Spanish) mallas para el telar

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

ka duu

dying the wool

(Spanish) se está tiñendo el hilo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

kabebe duu

(Spanish) elegir los hilos que vas a tejer

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kabekiu ganily le’n begw

(Spanish) estas poniendo el hilo en la lanzadera

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kade lady

(Spanish) se está encogiendo /cerrando el tapete

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kagibia duu

(Spanish) estoy lavando el hilo

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kagie duu

(Spanish) estoy tiñendo hilo

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kakwa seny lo lady

(Spanish) voy a poner una marca del diseño que voy a tejer

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

karuu lady

(Spanish) se está amarrando la urdimbre

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kasep tipu lady

you are stretching the warp

(Spanish) estás estirando la urdimbre

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kasep txey lady

the warp is being stretched

(Spanish) se está estirando la urdimbre

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kasia lo lady

(Spanish) estoy limpiando el tapete

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kasulo lady

(Spanish) empezar el tapete (apenas vas empezar)

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kate duu begw le’n lady

(Spanish) pasar el hilo entre la urdimbre

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

katiuga lady

(Spanish) estoy cortando el tapete

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kayunia ganily

(Spanish) estoy haciendo el canillo

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kayunia yap

I am making the skein [of wool]

(Spanish) estoy haciendo la madeja

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

kayuniu kie duu

(Spanish) estas haciendo la punta de la madeja

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kayuntxeyu lo yagxhily

(Spanish) estas tejiendo en la silla (como de chiquito)

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kazubu duu lady

(Spanish) estas poniendo los hilos para el tapete

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kulur

noun color

(Spanish) color

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

laded

crossed, traveled

(Spanish) travesado

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

lady

noun cloth, clothes

(Spanish) ropa

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

lady gitx

noun wool rug

(Spanish) tapete de lana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

lor sint

lor sint

stripes (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) mil rayas (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

rabis duu

(Spanish) se seca el hilo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

ridie

to dye

(Spanish) teñir

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

riedy xkin

riedy xkin

braid

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

rigie

1. to dye, 2. to color

(Spanish) 1. teñir, 2. pintar

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

rika duu

to dye

(Spanish) teñir

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

riles lady

lift the rug

(Spanish) levantar el tapete

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

rixie

I wring out

(Spanish) yo exprimo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

rodixhy

rodixhy

(Spanish) rodillo

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

rued bangw

spinning wheel

(Spanish) rueca

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

rued xte traly

rued xte traly

spinning wheel

(Spanish) rueda de telar

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

ruintxei lady gitx

verb weave

(Spanish) tejer

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

rusulia

I card (in weaving)

(Spanish) yo cardo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

sint nis

sint nis

bands of water (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) cinta de agua (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

traly

traly

noun loom

(Spanish) telar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

traly niriliby laendan

traly niriliby laendan

backstrap loom

(Spanish) telar de cintura

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

xhi’ily

sheep

(Spanish) oveja

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

xhige’l

part of the warp of a rug

(Spanish) parte de la urdimbre al tapete

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

xkutx

point (of something)

(Spanish) punta (de algo)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

yap

yap

skein [of wool]

(Spanish) madeja [de hilo]

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

yap

skein [of wool]

(Spanish) madeja [de hilo]

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

zuby

comb for weaving

(Spanish) peine para tejer¿?

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

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