Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

   large black beans

( Spanish ) frijolón

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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

noun    dried cobs (used as fuel in the kitchen)

( Spanish ) olote(s)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• plant
• corn

   bay leaves

( Spanish ) hojas de laurel

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   aloe vera

( Spanish ) sábila

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Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Semantic domains:

• plant

   hoe

( Spanish ) coa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   leaf

( Spanish ) hoja

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• plant

noun    1. wood, 2. tree

( Spanish ) 1. madera, 2. árbol

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Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Semantic domains:

• plant

noun    pumpkin plant sprouts

( Spanish ) guias

Example: Bën Za rtiu’ú lo guit te rac chu xhub cuania’á. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• food
• plant

   rock, stone

( Spanish ) piedra

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   tortilla made out of blue corn

( Spanish ) tortilla de maíz morado

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• corn
• food

noun    shawl

( Spanish ) rebozo

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

• clothing

   tomato plant

( Spanish ) planta de tomate, tomatal

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

   today

( Spanish ) hoy

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• time

   yellow

( Spanish ) amarillo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   squirrel

( Spanish ) ardilla

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

Semantic domains:

• animal

noun    cow

( Spanish ) vaca

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• animal

noun    donkey

( Spanish ) burro

Example: Man rua ro bini xte yagëch be’é. see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

• animal

noun    white bitter tasting flower

( Spanish ) flor con sabor amargo

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

• plant

noun    fog

( Spanish ) niebla

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

   dark green

( Spanish ) verde intenso

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   bee hive

( Spanish ) panal

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   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

   round pot used to carry food

( Spanish ) olla de asa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   tarantula, spider that makes a hole and covers it with a lid made of silk

( Spanish ) tarántula, araña que hace un agujero y pone un tapa de seda

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

Semantic domains:

• animal

noun    fruit with which you can make soap

( Spanish ) pipe (tipo de fruta)

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

• plant

   hanging crib

( Spanish ) cuna colgante

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

noun    falcon

( Spanish ) halcón

Example: Naa de BnGul Mndiiy riednee Ghal Nald, De Chii ree unhaa loo Mndiiy, Ní’n chalaa ba ca yunii Naald... see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

• animal

   thirty

( Spanish ) treinta

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   twenty-nine

( Spanish ) veintinueve

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• number

   tomato sauce with chili

( Spanish ) salsa con tomate

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   nail

( Spanish ) clavo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   Mountaintop Festival of Tlacochahuaya (prehispanic summer festival for good corn harvests that since merged with the Catholic feast of the Virgin of Mount Carmen)

( Spanish ) Fiesta de la cima de la montaña de Tlacochahuaya (fiesta prehispanica del verano para pedir una buena consecha de maíz que después se unió con la fiesta catolica de la Virgen del Carmen)

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

Semantic domains:

• customs and events

noun    onion

( Spanish ) cebolla

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• plant
• food

   pork lard, fat from the meat

( Spanish ) grasa, manteca

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   yellow pumpkin

( Spanish ) calabaza támala

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

noun    church

( Spanish ) iglesia

Example: Nde na Gdo Zunni de chi lani... see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

noun    1. wood, 2. tree

( Spanish ) 1. madera, 2. árbol

Example: Ba ca biz yag par de be’éu gal nald ne nisguia la’án Dani. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

   red and white wild flower used to make necklaces for saints or special pots for religious ceremonies and mayordomias

( Spanish ) flor silvestre roja y blanca usada como collar para santos o vasijas especiales en ceremonias religiosas y mayordomias

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Semantic domains:

• plant
• flower

   Tamal in banana leaves

( Spanish ) Tamal en hoja de platano

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   mesquite

( Spanish ) mezquite

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

   chayote squash

( Spanish ) chayote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

noun    fungi

( Spanish ) hongos

Example: Kët nati par ibig Chuch, ladru ca ria xhub bini, te kët iria Daam loo guel. Zé’ey qwendilaaz de bën gul. see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

• plant

   metate, flat grinding stone

( Spanish ) metate

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   endemic white wild aromatic orchid

( Spanish ) lirio blanco silvestre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

noun    avocado

( Spanish ) aguacate

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• food

   pot used to serve water

( Spanish ) jarro

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   avocado leaves

( Spanish ) hojas de árbol de aguacate

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   pasture

( Spanish ) pasto

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

   salsa

( Spanish ) salsa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

noun    guava

( Spanish ) guayaba

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• plant
• food

noun    sky

( Spanish ) cielo

Example: Nia duu bra guel xha ghuibaa... Nachuu brialdaa loo gunich... // Such a clear sky today... It was a pretty, sunny day... see more on Twitter

   decorated gourd used for storage

( Spanish ) jicalpextle

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   tule home

( Spanish ) casa de tule

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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

   type of hawk

( Spanish ) quebrantahueso

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• animal
• bird

   thistle

( Spanish ) abrojo

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

   twenty-seven

( Spanish ) veintisiete

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• number

noun    turkey

( Spanish ) guajolote

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

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• animal

   tomatillo (used for salsas)

( Spanish ) tomatillo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• plant
• food

   fish

( Spanish ) pescado

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   paper

( Spanish ) papel

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   spiny chayote squash

( Spanish ) chayote espinoso

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   corn

( Spanish ) maiz

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Semantic domains:

• corn
• food

noun    salsa

( Spanish ) salsa

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

• food

   firewood

( Spanish ) leña

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

noun    sickle (used for cutting alfalfa)

( Spanish ) hoz (se usa para cortar alfalfa)

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

• tool
• agriculture

   bird

( Spanish ) pajaro

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• animal
• bird

noun    a pair of bulls

( Spanish ) una yunta (par de toros)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• animal
• agriculture

noun    dregs, grounds (of liquid)

( Spanish ) sedimento, asiento

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• CC I-4

   twenty-four

( Spanish ) veinticuatro

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• number

   butterfly

( Spanish ) mariposa

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

Semantic domains:

• animal

   full moon

( Spanish ) luna llena

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   rope

( Spanish ) mecate

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   wild yellow flower

( Spanish ) acahual silvestre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   mamey fruit

( Spanish ) mamey

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

noun    belduy (type of fruit) tree

( Spanish ) árbol de belduy (tipo de fruta)

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

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

noun    cornfield

( Spanish ) milpa, maizal, campo de maíz, campo con milpa.

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Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

• plant
• food
• agriculture
• corn

   wild white and purple flower

( Spanish ) flor compuesta silvestre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   mud

( Spanish ) barro, lodo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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

   thirteen

( Spanish ) trece

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• number

noun    bull; ox

( Spanish ) toro

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• animal

noun    corn husk (used to feed cattle)

( Spanish ) totomoxtle

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• plant
• corn

noun    type of flower (chicken’s eye)

( Spanish ) ojo de pollo (tipo de flor)

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

• plant

   wild bush, roots used to treat hemorrhage (sensible to touch or clap)

( Spanish ) vergonzosa (raíces útiles para tratar hemorragia)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• plant

noun    huaje

( Spanish ) huaje

Example: Bën Za zeula ro lá’a, ne lo de be’éu gal nald rzulo raa dem. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• plant
• food

   salsa de huevo (a dish with eggs and salsa)

( Spanish ) salsa de huevo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• food

   house finch

( Spanish ) gorrión

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• animal
• bird

   moon

( Spanish ) luna

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

   spider

( Spanish ) araña

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• animal
• insect

   armadillo

( Spanish ) armadillo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• animal

Proper Noun    Tlacolula Valley

( Spanish ) Valle de Tlacolula

Example: Nde na de gëch xte la’áts Bac chi riazi wbich. see more on Twitter

   twenty-six

( Spanish ) veintiseis

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

• number

   cron with weevils (used to feed pigs)

( Spanish ) maíz picado

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

noun    cicada

( Spanish ) chicharra

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Semantic domains:

• animal

   endemic white wild aromatic orchid

( Spanish ) lirio blanco silvestre

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Semantic domains:

• plant
• flower

noun    wild tomatillo

( Spanish ) tomatillo silvestre, tomatillo milpero

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Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

• plant
• food

   banana

( Spanish ) plátano

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez