Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

Mexican plum, ciruela noun

(Spanish) ciruela

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

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

short

(Spanish) bajo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

small

(Spanish) chiquito

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

ant

(Spanish) hormiga

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

sprouting huaje

(Spanish) retoño de la planta de huaje (comestible)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

candle, light

(Spanish) vela, luz

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

armadillo

(Spanish) armadillo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

seed (like that of the man kach plant)

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

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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

married

(Spanish) casado

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

soap noun

(Spanish) jabón

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

single

(Spanish) soltero

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

grackle bird

(Spanish) zanate pequeño

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

type of blue bird that eats corn

(Spanish) tipo de pájaro azul que come maíz

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

mockingbird

(Spanish) Zenzontle

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

altar

(Spanish) altar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

corn husk (used to feed cattle) noun

(Spanish) totomoxtle

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

corn husk (used to wrap food)

(Spanish) cocos de totomoxtle

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

avocado leaves

(Spanish) hojas de árbol de aguacate

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

avocado tree leaves (edible)

(Spanish) hojas de árbol de aguacate (comestibles)

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Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

white castor oil plant

(Spanish) higuerilla blanca

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

(Spanish) hierba santa

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

(Spanish) hierba santa

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

You abandon, you had forsaken, lit. you take out of your heart

(Spanish) Tú abandonaste, lit. tú quitaste de tú corazón

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

zapote

(Spanish) zapote negro

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

black zapote

(Spanish) zapote negro

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

water snake

(Spanish) culebra de agua

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

hare

(Spanish) liebre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

crow, raven

(Spanish) cuervo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

crow, raven

(Spanish) cuervo

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

pot used to serve water

(Spanish) jarro

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

rabbit

(Spanish) conejo, liebre

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

wild pink muhly grass

(Spanish) pasto de anillo (usada para proteger a la cosecha de lluvia fuerte)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

corn leaf

(Spanish) hoja de milpa

Example: see more on Twitter Bën Xguie’ zwela ro guet gu’ la’n bndag guel, ne runchu deb deñ cun xub be’ldub... // Pople from Teotitlán del Valle still wrap their tamales in corn leaves, also they made the

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

leaf

(Spanish) hoja

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

dew

(Spanish) rocío

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

charcoal noun

(Spanish) carbon

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

coal

(Spanish) carbón

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bag

(Spanish) bolsa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bottle

(Spanish) botella

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

lizard

(Spanish) lagartija

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

wood, logs of wood

(Spanish) tabla de madera

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

prickly pear cactus fruit

(Spanish) tuna del nopal, pitaya

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

roof tiles

(Spanish) tejas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

type of brown eagle

(Spanish) águila de color café

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

falcon

(Spanish) halcón

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez