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Tlacochahuaya Zapotec talking dictionary

Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

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version 2.1, 7.2019

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Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

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bëd gidy [+]

   hen

( Spanish ) gallina

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
yarbay [+]

   type of hawk

( Spanish ) quebrantahueso

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
¡Za’k rsily! [+]

   Good morning!

( Spanish ) ¡Buenos días!

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Semantic domains:

  • greeting
¡Za’k wxin! [+]

   Good evening!

( Spanish ) ¡Buenas noches!

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Semantic domains:

  • greeting
¡Zak laychi! [+]

   Good day (midday)!

( Spanish ) ¡Buenos días (medío dia)!

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Semantic domains:

  • greeting
an dxi [+]

   today

( Spanish ) hoy

Example: see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • time
ba’t [+]

   skunk

( Spanish ) zorrillo, mofeta

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bag [+]

noun    cow

( Spanish ) vaca

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bahl [+]

   star

( Spanish ) estrella

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bahl [+]

   fire

( Spanish ) fuego

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bahny [+]

   mud

( Spanish ) barro, lodo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bay [+]

noun    shawl

( Spanish ) rebozo

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • clothing
bchan [+]

noun    larvae of beetles

( Spanish ) larvas de escarabajos

Example: De bëd guidy rguily bchan la’n "abon", ni’ñ rance rdandem, zé’y blilo Bën Za... see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bdi [+]

noun    ant

bdiani nagas [+]

noun    black ant

( Spanish ) hormiga negra

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Semantic domains:

  • animal
bdo [+]

   baby

( Spanish ) bebé

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bdo beez [+]

   newborn baby

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bdu’ld [+]

   tadpole

( Spanish ) renacuajo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bdua [+]

   banana

( Spanish ) plátano

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bdua [+]

   banana

( Spanish ) plátano

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

bdua gëch [+]

noun    cuajilote (type of wild banana)

( Spanish ) cuajilote

Example: Bën Za ro Bdua Gëch chi rac deb guishru. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
bdxie [+]

   barn owl

( Spanish ) lechuza

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
bdzëdz [+]

   squirrel

( Spanish ) ardilla

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bdzëdz [+]

   squirrel

( Spanish ) ardilla

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
be’ [+]

noun    mushroom

( Spanish ) hongo

Example: Chi rzu doo nis guia rzulo rach be’é. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
be’ zhnia [+]

   red mushroom

Example: Gad yab za’ákti nis guia, per ba ca zulo ca dop beld Be’ xnia la’n Gëch Dani// It hasn’t rained well, but some Red Mushroom are being gathered in The Northern Sierra. see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
be’kw [+]

noun    dog

( Spanish ) perro

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
be’ld [+]

noun    snake

( Spanish ) culebra

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
be’ldub [+]

   1. a red worm found in the maguey, 2. the color of said worm

( Spanish ) 1. un gusano rojo que vive en el maguey, 2. el color de este gusano

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
be’ldub [+]

   purple (only for corn)

( Spanish ) morado, el color del gusano de maguey (solo para maíz)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • corn
  • color
be’ldyu [+]

   garden worm

( Spanish ) lombriz de tierra

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
be’u [+]

   moon

( Spanish ) luna

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

be’u rë’ny [+]

   new moon

( Spanish ) luna nueva

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

be’u zë’ny [+]

   full moon

( Spanish ) luna llena

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bech [+]

   vulture

( Spanish ) zopilote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
bëch [+]

   tule grass (used to make roofs)

( Spanish ) tule

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bech [+]

   vulture

( Spanish ) buitre, zopilote

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
bëd gidy [+]

noun    chicken

( Spanish ) gallina

Example: see more on Twitter

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bëd ingul [+]

noun    turkey

( Spanish ) guajolote

Example: Bëd ingul rcuane sa’áni. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bëd lach [+]

noun    turkey hen

( Spanish ) guajolota

Example: Bën za run de bëd lach rguez zët bëd guidy. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bëd zhig [+]

   Guinea fowl

( Spanish ) gallina de Guinea

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bedund [+]

   hummingbird

( Spanish ) colibrí o chuparosa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

begich [+]

   fly

( Spanish ) mosca

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

begidy [+]

   butterfly

( Spanish ) mariposa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

begidy [+]

   butterfly

( Spanish ) mariposa

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bëhch [+]

   cracks in the soil

( Spanish ) rajaduras en la tierra

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

behld [+]

   fish

( Spanish ) pescado

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

behld gel [+]

   river fish

( Spanish ) charal

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bel [+]

noun    meat

( Spanish ) carne

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • CC I-3
belbëhdy [+]

   chicken meat

( Spanish ) carne de pollo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

belduy [+]

noun    kind of wild cherry related to the nance that is endemic to Oaxaca

( Spanish ) Nanche roja (relativo Oaxaqueño de nance)

Example: Ziani belduy ica an yz re, nis guia gucne riald guie de yag. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
belduy bes [+]

   wild nanche (type of wild fruit)

( Spanish ) nanche silvestre

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

ben [+]

noun    dregs, grounds (of liquid)

( Spanish ) sedimento, asiento

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • CC I-4
bes [+]

   jaguar, ocelote

( Spanish ) jaguar, ocelote, tigrillo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
betsëni [+]

   tick

( Spanish ) garrapata

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

betsi’a [+]

   louse

( Spanish ) piojo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

betsihny [+]

   bat

( Spanish ) murciélago

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
betub [+]

noun    beetle

( Spanish ) escarabajo

Example: Chi riab za’ák nis guia ria de Betub. see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bew [+]

noun    coyote

( Spanish ) coyote

Example: Xhques Bew rguchu nis te re’é de Bew la’án Dani. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bew ri’ [+]

noun    cicada

( Spanish ) chicharra

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Semantic domains:

  • animal
beyun [+]

noun    fog

( Spanish ) niebla

Example: Beyun runza’ák guel la’án gëch Dani. see more on Twitter

bez [+]

   jaguar

( Spanish ) jaguar, ocelote

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bezbiaw [+]

   bumble bee

( Spanish ) abejorro

Example: Rcily doo ria Bezbiaw re top zëni la’án de guie. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
bëzh [+]

   grey dove

( Spanish ) güila

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bezhun [+]

   spider

( Spanish ) araña

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
bezyu [+]

   underground honeybees

( Spanish ) abejas subterráneas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
bi dyeny [+]

noun    ant

( Spanish ) hormiga

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • insect
  • animal
bi’a [+]

   prickly pear cactus

( Spanish ) nopal

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
bi’a [+]

noun    prickly pear cactus

( Spanish ) nopal

Example: Bën Za udily ni goni lo nia, ze’éy bchieldeb Bia’á rë’ni. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
biach [+]

noun    Mexican plum, ciruela

( Spanish ) ciruela

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
biby [+]

noun    fruit with which you can make soap

( Spanish ) pipe (tipo de fruta)

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • plant
bid la’ [+]

   sprouting huaje

biëny [+]

   candle, light

( Spanish ) vela, luz

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bigupy [+]

   armadillo

( Spanish ) armadillo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
biny [+]

   seed (like that of the man kach plant)

( Spanish ) semilla (como la de la planta garra del diablo)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
biny xte man kach [+]

   seed pod of devil’s claw (whose dried seeds are eaten to treat prostate inflamation)

( Spanish ) vaina de garra del diablo (cuyas semillas secas se come para curar la inflamación de la próstata)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
biub [+]

   chicatana (a type of leaf cutter ant)

( Spanish ) chicatana (un tipo de hormiga arriera)

Example: Biub yu’úsh ria tuvzila lo yz, rgui’ídem ne redem quia xhub guini. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • food
  • insect
bka’ [+]

   grackle bird

( Spanish ) zanate pequeño

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
bkëch gie [+]

   mockingbird

( Spanish ) Zenzontle

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
bki’ts [+]

   honey bee

( Spanish ) abeja

Example: see more on Twitter Chi rzëni bqui’ts lay ndé xtendeb, Bën Za rilo gal na za’k rzënedem // When honey bees land in their garden Zapotecs believe good luck comes with them // Cuando las abejas llegan a sus jar

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
bkwel [+]

noun    corn husk (used to feed cattle)

( Spanish ) totomoxtle

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • corn
bkwel buzh [+]

   corn husk (used to wrap food)

( Spanish ) cocos de totomoxtle

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • corn
  • food
blahx gel [+]

   avocado leaves

( Spanish ) hojas de árbol de aguacate

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

blahx gel [+]

   avocado tree leaves (edible)

( Spanish ) hojas de árbol de aguacate (comestibles)

Example: see more on Twitter

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
blaxo [+]

( Spanish ) hierba santa

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

blaxo [+]

( Spanish ) hierba santa

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bli’a [+]

   black zapote

( Spanish ) zapote negro

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
bliehny [+]

   hare

( Spanish ) liebre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
blo’ [+]

   crow, raven

( Spanish ) cuervo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
bloory [+]

   pot used to serve water

( Spanish ) jarro

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bndahg [+]

   leaf

( Spanish ) hoja

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
bo’ [+]

   coal

( Spanish ) carbón

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

braw [+]

   lizard

( Spanish ) lagartija

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bred [+]

   wood, logs of wood

( Spanish ) tabla de madera

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bru’n [+]

   prickly pear cactus fruit

( Spanish ) tuna del nopal, pitaya

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
bsi’ny [+]

   roof tiles

( Spanish ) tejas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bsu [+]

noun    adobe (clay bricks)

( Spanish ) adobe

Example: Nde na de yu’ú bsu ladrru rbez de Bën Za // These are adobe homes where Zapotecs live. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bteh [+]

   bee hive

( Spanish ) panal

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bti’a [+]

   aromatic herb used to cook beans

( Spanish ) epazote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
bti’ux [+]

noun    tomato

( Spanish ) tomate / jitomate

Example: see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
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All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities. (2013-2019)
Dictionary produced by Brook Lillehaugen, Moisés García Guzmán, and María Mercedes Méndez Morales, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer.
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). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.


Most of the black and while line drawings in these entries are taken from the Arte para la Alfabetización en México (Art for Literacy in Mexico) (Instituto Lingüistico de Verano, A.C., 2004) and are used according to the license agreement therein. All artwork remains the intellectual property of the artist.

All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: Lillehaugen, Brook Danielle and Moisés García Guzmán, with Kathryn Goldberg, María Mercedes Méndez Morales, Benjamin Paul, May Helena Plumb, Chantal Reyes, Cecilia G. Williamson, & K. David Harrison. 2019. Tlacochahuaya Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 2.1. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/tlacochahuaya

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Dictionary produced by Brook Lillehaugen, Moisés García Guzmán, and María Mercedes Méndez Morales, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer.
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). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.


Most of the black and while line drawings in these entries are taken from the Arte para la Alfabetización en México (Art for Literacy in Mexico) (Instituto Lingüistico de Verano, A.C., 2004) and are used according to the license agreement therein. All artwork remains the intellectual property of the artist.

All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: Lillehaugen, Brook Danielle and Moisés García Guzmán, with Kathryn Goldberg, María Mercedes Méndez Morales, Benjamin Paul, May Helena Plumb, Chantal Reyes, Cecilia G. Williamson, & K. David Harrison. 2019. Tlacochahuaya Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 2.1. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/tlacochahuaya

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