Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

nine

(Spanish) nueve

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

nine

(Spanish) nueve

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

five

(Spanish) cinco

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

five

(Spanish) cinco

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

rooster

(Spanish) gallo

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

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

rooster

(Spanish) gallo

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

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

the action of grinding with a metate

(Spanish) moliendo con metate

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

punishment

(Spanish) castigo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

pain; punishment

(Spanish) dolor; castigo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

cuidadoso

(Spanish) to be careful

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

plowed field verb

(Spanish) lugar arado

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

plowed field

(Spanish) lugar arado

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to chew

(Spanish) mascar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

sleep

(Spanish) sueño

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to support varb

(Spanish) apoyar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

the action of planting, planting season noun

(Spanish) sembrando, tiempo de siembra

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to plant corn

(Spanish) sembrar maiz

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to steal verb

(Spanish) robar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

period of laying eggs noun

(Spanish) tiempo de postura

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to forget about something/someone, lit. remove from the heart

(Spanish) olvidarse de algo o alguien, lit. sacar del corazón

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to return/come back verb

(Spanish) regresar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to be sad, lit. shrinking heart

(Spanish) estar triste, lit. el corazón se esta haciendo pequeño

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to be disgusted, lit. your heart wants to vomit

(Spanish) tener asco o tener asco, lit. su corazón quiere vomitar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

thirstiness

(Spanish) sed

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

a serving; a portion

(Spanish) servida

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

a serving of hot chocolate

(Spanish) servida de chocolate

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

summer break

(Spanish) vacaciones de verano

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

exchanging the ceremonial stick (symbolizes transfer of power)

(Spanish) cambio de vara (cambio de poderes)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to become desperate, lit. to pinch the heart

(Spanish) desesperarse, lit. pellizcar el corazón

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

the action of bringing cows to pasture

(Spanish) pastoreando

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to drink verb

(Spanish) tomar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to drink tejate noun

(Spanish) tomar tejate

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to believe, lit. to make the heart straight

(Spanish) creer, lit. hacer recto el corazón

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

watering cornfields

(Spanish) regiendo la milpa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

watering garlic plants

(Spanish) regando ajos

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

the action of digging noun

(Spanish) escavando

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to wash

(Spanish) labar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to water verb

(Spanish) regar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to visit varb

(Spanish) visitar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to cut hair verb

(Spanish) rasurar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

cooking meat

(Spanish) cociendo carne

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to roast chickpeas

(Spanish) tostar garbanzo verde

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

roasting chili pods

(Spanish) tostar chiles

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to look for verb

(Spanish) buscar

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

weeding a harvest, pulling weeds

(Spanish) limpiando la hierba

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

cleaning oregano

(Spanish) limpiano oregano

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

grinding

(Spanish) moliendo en el metate

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

grinding chocolate verb

(Spanish) molienda de chocolate

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

grinding herbs

(Spanish) moliendo hierbas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

grinding sweetcorn

(Spanish) moliendo elote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

forget, lit. stay in my heart

(Spanish) olvidar, lit. quedarse en mi corazón

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to be thirsty, lit. heart gets dry

(Spanish) tener sed, lit. el corazón se seca

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

weeding corn plants

(Spanish) desherbar la milpa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to like verb

(Spanish) gustar

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to be in a hurry, lit. hurry your heart

(Spanish) apurarse, lit. apurar el corazón

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to paint

(Spanish) pintar

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to write verb

(Spanish) escribir

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to make tortillas

(Spanish) hacer tortillas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to bury

(Spanish) enterrar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

I hide something from someone, lit. hiding something in my heart

(Spanish) esconder algo a alguien, lit. esconder algo en mi corazón

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to burn incense verb

(Spanish) poner copal

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to play an instrument (with your breath) verb

(Spanish) tocar un instrumento

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

graduation day

(Spanish) clausuras de las clases

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

questions verb

(Spanish) preguntas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

questions

(Spanish) preguntas

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

to lift

(Spanish) levantar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to lift in the air verb

(Spanish) levantar en al aire

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to talk verb

(Spanish) decir, hablar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

the action of greeting ceremonially

(Spanish) saludo protocolano

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to eat verb

(Spanish) comer

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to eat a warm tortilla

(Spanish) comer una tortilla caliente

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to become arrogant, lit. heart grows, get big

(Spanish) ser arrogante, lit. el corazón crece, se hace grande

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to roast verb

(Spanish) tostar

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the action of eating verb

(Spanish) comiendo

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harvesting beans

(Spanish) arrancando frijol

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to dry, put to dry verb

(Spanish) secar, poner a secar

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to raise verb

(Spanish) criar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to have compassion, to have mercy, lit. to flip the heart

(Spanish) tener compasión, misericodia, lit. voltear el corazón

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to train bulls verb

(Spanish) enseñar a arar a los toros

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to uproot verb

(Spanish) arrancar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

getting ready, preparing

(Spanish) preparando, alistando

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to be strong, lit. to make the heart strong

(Spanish) ser fuerte, lit. hacer el corazón fuerte

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

cutting meat to serve

(Spanish) preparando platos

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to trim verb

(Spanish) podar

Example: see more on Twitter Chi rchun gui'ísh, dub rzulo riald guts loni, ne Bën Za rtiu'ú guts te go de icha. // On dry months, there's no grass, but agave plants bloom, and Zapotecs cut bloom stalks to feed cattl

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to husk corn

(Spanish) deshojar mazorca

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to sell verb

(Spanish) vender

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to sell in small amounts

(Spanish) vender al menudeo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to barter

(Spanish) hacer trueque

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to transfer power verb

(Spanish) cambiar de poder

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

tweet (of a bird)

(Spanish) canto de los pájaros

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Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

reads verb

(Spanish) leer

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to sing

(Spanish) cantar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to faint, lit. to cut off someone's heart

(Spanish) desmayarse, lit. cortarle el corazón a alguien

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

killing weeds, weeding

(Spanish) desherbando

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Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

to be indecisive, to be of two minds, lit. to have two hearts verb

(Spanish) estar indeciso, lit. tener dos corazones

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to be certain, lit. to know the heart

(Spanish) estar seguro, lit. conocer el corazón

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to make, to do verb

(Spanish) hacer

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to behave badly, lit. to let the devil in the heart

(Spanish) portarse mal, lit. dejar el diablo en el corazón

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to fail

(Spanish) fallar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

preparing sweet corn tamal

(Spanish) haciendo tamales de elote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán