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Tlacochahuaya Zapotec talking dictionary

Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

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version 2.2, 7.2023

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Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

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bdian nagas [+]

noun    black ant

( Spanish ) hormiga negra

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
zhub zha’ts [+]

noun    yellow corn

( Spanish ) maiz amarillo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: Bën za rqui’í xhub bshra’áts te re quia laychi. see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
  • corn
nis gitwez [+]

   chilacayota water

( Spanish ) agua de chilacayota

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

gix [+]

   hanging crib

( Spanish ) cuna colgante

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Youtube

riald gie ya la’ [+]

   huaje tree in bloom

( Spanish ) huajal en flor

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

ze’ [+]

   cob of corn

( Spanish ) elote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: Narë’éni de zé’eBa ca ru’ú lo nia xte de Bën Zunni - We are harvesting tender sweet corn in Tlacochahuaya see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
  • corn
  • agriculture
  • CC L03
ra’n traktor [+]

   tractor plowing

( Spanish ) arando con tractor

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

be’kw [+]

   dog

( Spanish ) perro

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC L02
  • CC L05
bku [+]

   altar

( Spanish ) altar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • CC L04
  • CC L20
dxumy të'xa [+]

   my ribs

( Spanish ) mis costillas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • body part
xhke' getxtily [+]

   bread market

( Spanish ) el mercado del pan

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • food
an dxi [+]

   today

( Spanish ) hoy

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • time
nan [+]

noun    mother

( Spanish ) Mamá

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: Ahn chi naa laa gratek Naan, Xtios za laadeb te bas ní’iss deb don, Ne uded deb zien ghal zii... see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • kinship
  • CC L03
  • CC L14
ga [+]

   nine

( Spanish ) nueve

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC L02
  • CC L08
mëzh [+]

   table

( Spanish ) mesa

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • CC L08
get gu’ [+]

   Tamal (with meat, usually chicken or pork)

( Spanish ) Tama (con carne de pollo o puerco)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • food
gaiy [+]

   rooster

( Spanish ) gallo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Twitter Gaiy rbane de bëd gidy, ne dubtek rgilmë ni go sa’dem // El gallo es el líder de un gallinero, y siempre busca proveer para sus gallinas // The rooster is the leader in a flock, and is always pr

zhnia [+]

   red

( Spanish ) rojo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

Example: Bën Zunni ba ca zu guie xhnia xte Lani Togul / Farmers in Tlacochahuaya are already growing red flowers for Day of the Dead feast. see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • CC L02
  • CC L19
bi [+]

noun    red ant that stings

( Spanish ) hormiga roja de picadura fuerte

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: Bi xnia run de xkëdni kia nia // La hormiga colorada construye sus nidos en las cabeceras de los campos // Red ants build their nests on the edges of fields. see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
be’ld zet [+]

   wire worm

( Spanish ) gusano de alambre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

kwan [+]

noun    alfalfa

( Spanish ) alfalfa

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
didx do par liz txa’p [+]

   offering for a bride

( Spanish ) ofrenda para la novia

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bëd gidy bsia [+]

   eagle-looking hen

( Spanish ) gallina con color de aguila

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

rzudo nis gie [+]

   continuous light rain

( Spanish ) lluvia incesante

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: Ske rliu gëch Zunni chi rzu doo nis guia. see more on Twitter

bia’ to [+]

   tuberose (root to wash women’s hair)

( Spanish ) amole

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

belduy bes [+]

   wild nance (type of wild fruit)

( Spanish ) nanche silvestre

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Semantic domains:

  • food
gal riu’laz [+]

verb    to like

( Spanish ) gustar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • people
get xtily [+]

noun    bread, loaf of bread

( Spanish ) pan, pan dulce, pieza de pan

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: Guet Xtily ni rac chu Latuvi, tuv gëch Dani. // Bread made in "Latuvi" a Northern Sierra town see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • food
  • CC L06
zhubde [+]

   cron with weevils (used to feed pigs)

( Spanish ) maíz picado

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

btxitiaz [+]

   white-throated towhee (it makes a lot of noise when snakes come)

( Spanish ) rascador oaxaqueño (hace mucho sonido cuando viene las culebras)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Youtube

man gelze' biny [+]

   blue-black grassquit

( Spanish ) semillero brincador

Scientific name: Volatinia jacarina

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • bird
be' nakits [+]

   white wild mushroom

( Spanish ) hongo blanco silvestre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • agriculture
xtiazh bed [+]

   braids of garlic

( Spanish ) ajos trenzados

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

gal rgili [+]

verb    to water

( Spanish ) regar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • people
  • agriculture
tub lëny xtiazh [+]

   a field of garlic

( Spanish ) un campo de ajos

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • agriculture
beyun [+]

noun    fog

( Spanish ) niebla

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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

rka yu gel [+]

   tamps down soil (of a bull)

( Spanish ) echa orejera

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

riab za'k nis gie [+]

   good rain season

( Spanish ) buena temporada de lluvias

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • weather
  • agriculture
gib ru kwan [+]

   sickle (used for cutting alfalfa)

( Spanish ) hoz (usado para cortar alfalfa)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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Semantic domains:

  • tool
  • agriculture
libr [+]

noun    book

( Spanish ) libro

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • CC L05
bad [+]

   duck

( Spanish ) pato, del español

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bzëny [+]

   deer

( Spanish ) venado

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC L03
  • CC L11
gal rzani [+]

verb    to scratch at the soil (of hens)

( Spanish ) rascar el suelo (gallinas)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Twitter Que chulas se ven mis gallinas oxigenando la composta. Gallinas felices, huevitos de rancho nutritivos… // Natxu rliu de gidy xhtena ka zani’ gizh // My hens scratching the compost. Stress free

Semantic domains:

  • animal
ya la’ gib [+]

   steel mezquite

( Spanish ) huajede hierno

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

dub pazm [+]

   aloe vera

( Spanish ) sábila

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Example: see more on Youtube

Semantic domains:

  • plant
rgal xtiazh [+]

   waters garlic plants

( Spanish ) rega ajos

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bëdy [+]

   chicken

( Spanish ) pollo

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • CC L07
gie gaiy [+]

noun    type of wild red flower

( Spanish ) flor gallito (silvestre)

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • flower
xtiazh ingul [+]

   male garlic plant

( Spanish ) ajo macho

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

rrguah [+]

   cuts hair

( Spanish ) rasura

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

zhi’ny [+]

   child

( Spanish ) hijo, hija

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • kinship
  • CC L14
didx do [+]

   offering

( Spanish ) ofrenda

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • customs and events
dxumy kumin [+]

   cumin container

( Spanish ) canasto de cumino

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

get gu’ la’n bndag gel [+]

   tamal wrapped in corn leaf

( Spanish ) tamal en hoja de milpa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Twitter Tweet See new Tweets Conversation Moisés García Guzmán @BnZunni Bën Xguie' zwela ro guet gu' la'n bndag guel, ne runchu deb deñ cun xub be'ldub... // Pople from Teotitlán del Valle

ge’ [+]

   rows (of crops)

( Spanish ) surco

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Youtube

Semantic domains:

  • agriculture
bti’a [+]

   aromatic herb used to cook beans

( Spanish ) epazote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
ginmizh [+]

   Pasilla of Oaxaca chile pods

( Spanish ) Chile pasilla de los Mixes

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

gal rria’zh bza [+]

   harvesting beans

( Spanish ) arrancando frijol

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xtiezh [+]

noun    garlic

( Spanish ) ajo, del español

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Example: see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • food
  • CC L04
gëch biub [+]

   wild thorny flower

( Spanish ) Flor silvestre con espinas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: Ziani guie gëch biub nagats candiani can nez / Lots of yellow "ant flowers" are blooming alond the roads. see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • flower
bzia’ yu [+]

   peanut(s)

( Spanish ) cachuate

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

burr [+]

   donkey

( Spanish ) burro

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
ra’t bëdy lo wbitz [+]

   a rooster takes a sun bath

( Spanish ) gallo toma el sol

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

kie [+]

   head

( Spanish ) cabeza

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • body part
  • CC L03
  • CC L14
kwa’n [+]

   alfalfa

( Spanish ) alfalfa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Youtube

gal ra’n [+]

   plowed field

( Spanish ) lugar arado

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bestid [+]

   dress

( Spanish ) vestido, del español

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • clothing
  • CC L11
man txia [+]

   offering of chia

( Spanish ) venaditos adornados con chia

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

ka gu'ld letxug [+]

   lettuce is wilting

( Spanish ) la lechuga se está marchitando

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • verb
  • agriculture
ya gëtx bxumy [+]

   yellow mezquite

( Spanish ) mezquite amarillo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

kutx matx [+]

   wild climbing plant

( Spanish ) calabacita silvestre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bza loa [+]

   my eye

( Spanish ) mi ojo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • body part
bëd gidy [+]

   hen

( Spanish ) gallina

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Youtube

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
yablap [+]

noun    castor oil plant

( Spanish ) higuerilla

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Example: Bën Za rtub de shi cos la’án bndag ya blap. see more on Twitter

Semantic domains:

  • plant
wziu [+]

noun    thunder

( Spanish ) rayo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: Chi ca xhí’in laaz de Zaa, chí’iy na chi rguin wziu rú’u zaa, te kët gundeni tuv liach... Zé’ey gwendilaaz de Bën gul Zunni. see more on Twitter

yu' btxan la'n jikmë [+]

   jicama is infested with beetle larvae

( Spanish ) la jicama tiene larvas de escarabajo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • agriculture
  • verb
San Jronm bitxi [+]

   small St. Jerónimo

( Spanish ) San Jerónimo chiquito

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

gi’ts [+]

   metate, flat grinding stone

( Spanish ) metate

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Youtube

Semantic domains:

  • tool
kuix [+]

   wild agave

( Spanish ) cuishe

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

barat [+]

noun    cheap

( Spanish ) barato, del español

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • market
ba’t [+]

   skunk

( Spanish ) zorrillo, mofeta

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
rda’ chukulat [+]

   serves chocolate

( Spanish ) sirve chocolate

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bzalobëdy [+]

   flower called eye of chicken

( Spanish ) flor ojo de pollo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • flower
galdbtsë [+]

   thirty

( Spanish ) treinta

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • number
bdzëdz [+]

   squirrel

( Spanish ) ardilla

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
beld bix [+]

   "lisa" fish cured in sea salt

( Spanish ) lisa curada en sal

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

re ne gu’n lo gi’x [+]

   brings cows to pasture

( Spanish ) pastorea

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

man gelze’ [+]

noun    great tailed grackle

( Spanish ) zanate

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
ba’t [+]

   skunk

( Spanish ) zorrillo, mofeta

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

Semantic domains:

  • animal
bel gu’n [+]

   beef

( Spanish ) carne de res

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

gal rda’ chukulat [+]

   a serving of hot chocolate

( Spanish ) servida de chocolate

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

belbëhdy [+]

   chicken meat

( Spanish ) carne de pollo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • food
kabai [+]

noun    horse

( Spanish ) caballo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC L05
zët bëd gidy [+]

   chicken egg

( Spanish ) huevo de gallina

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Example: see more on Twitter Zët bëdy gidy nagas, rzhu par rza bëny te gak nab gal naza’k // Eggs from black hens are considered a good omen, they’re rubbed on people’s bodies to attract good fortune // Los hue

Semantic domains:

  • food
zhizh [+]

   chepil (an herb)

( Spanish ) chepil

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Youtube

Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
gal ra’án [+]

verb    plowed field

( Spanish ) lugar arado

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

gie du’ld [+]

   garland of flowers

( Spanish ) collar de flores

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: Bën Za runchu guie du'úld Guie Bshri te rzab yan chan / Zapotecs make plumeria-flower necklaces for some religious ceremonies see more on Twitter

zhub la’ [+]

   ground corn

( Spanish ) maíz molido o quebrajado

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Semantic domains:

  • corn
  • food
xtiazh bini [+]

   garlic seeds

( Spanish ) ajo de semilla

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

siab gez [+]

   foamy atole

( Spanish ) chocolate-atole

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Example: see more on Twitter Bzia’ de na ni run btsëny ro’ lo siab gez // Pataxte, son los granos de cacao curado que hacen un espuma abundante al chocolate-atole // “Cured” cocoa beans are the secret ingredient for

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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 white 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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There are currently 2904 entries, 2901 audio files, and 1064 images.

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 white 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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