Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

local relative of the blackberry

(Spanish) zarzamorra

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

dog’s tongue cactus

(Spanish) nopal lengua de perro

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

root with which you can make shampoo noun

(Spanish) raíz con lo cual se puede hacer champú

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Mexican plum, ciruela noun

(Spanish) ciruela

Example: Ba rzulo rdu’ún lo biashr naga’á lo gue’é. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

fruit with which you can make soap noun

(Spanish) pipe (tipo de fruta)

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

tunilla (type of small cactus fruit)

(Spanish) tunilla

Example: Ndu’úa, btsë guishr rshru te re quia nis ni rac chu gëy / In Oaxaca, wild cactus fruit is used to make traditional ice cream see more on Twitter

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

flower called eye of chicken

(Spanish) flor ojo de pollo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

jilote (corn flower) noun

(Spanish) jilote

Example: Ba ca yaas gëch de guel... // Young ears of corn are emerging // Ya empiezan a brotarle jilotes a la milpa see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

wild thorny flower

(Spanish) Flor silvestre con espinas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

weed

(Spanish) hierba

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

marigold (this flower is used for All Saint’s Day festivities)

(Spanish) flor de zempasuchil

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

flower used for crowns on Thursday of holy week

(Spanish) flor de mayo, cacaloxúchitl, flor que sirve para coronas el jueves de la semana santa

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

reddish field plant noun

(Spanish) tipo de planta roja

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

chili pod noun

(Spanish) chile

Example: De bën gul nan sha ray za’ák guini te gac chu indo... see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

dry corn plants, used to feed cattle noun

(Spanish) zacate (milpas secas)

Example: Lo de be’éu gal nald, Bën Za rnda’á guel ne rtiugh ghuishr. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

stem of agave plant noun

(Spanish) jiote del maguey

Example: Chi rchun gui’ísh, dub rzulo riald guts loni, ne Bën Za rtiu’ú guts te go de icha. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

flor de nubes, type of white flower noun

(Spanish) flor de nubes

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

cinnamon noun

(Spanish) canel

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

wild flower lit. chicken poop

(Spanish) diente de leon lit. popo de pollo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

castor oil plant noun

(Spanish) higuerilla

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

organ-pipe cactus noun

(Spanish) órgano

Example: Ya btsë rded gal nabani de Dani, lo de be’éu biz.

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

rat tail cactus

(Spanish) cactus cola de rata

Example: Ya btsë xban guag, zaby lo de yaxats lá’n Dani / Cactus cola de rata colgando de los encinos en la montaña / “Rat tail cactus” hanging from pine trees in the mountains see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

huizache noun

(Spanish) huizache

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

male tree of pájaro bobo (long leaf that is not heart shaped)

(Spanish) árbol de pájaro bobo macho (hoja larga que no es formado como corazón)

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

wild white and purple flower

(Spanish) flor compuesta silvestre

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez