Tlacochahuaya Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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xag

cheek

(Spanish) mejilla

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Xgi’a

Xgi’a

Teotitlán del Valle Proper Noun

(Spanish) Teotitlán del Valle

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Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

xi kayunbiu?

What are you doing? (formal)

(Spanish) Qué está usted haciendo? (formal)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xi kayunu?

what are you doing? (informal)

(Spanish) Qué estás haciendo?

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xi ni’

why

(Spanish) ¿por que?

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

xie

sparrow

(Spanish) gorrión

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

xiz

tree branch

(Spanish) rama de árbol

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xkë’py

stomach, bellybutton

(Spanish) estómago, ombligo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xkes bew

coyote’s pot (stone formation which collects rainwater)

(Spanish) bebedero de coyote (formación rocosa que agarra el agua de lluvia)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xkëzh

xkëzh

dragonfly

(Spanish) libéllula

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

xki’ bëdy

xki’ bëdy

wild flower lit. chicken poop

(Spanish) diente de leon lit. popo de pollo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xki’ bëdy

xki’ bëdy

type of wild berry (edible)

(Spanish) mora silvestre (comestible)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xkiny wrau

xkiny wrau

cactus fruit that lizards eat

(Spanish) chile de lagartija

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xkit wrau

wild pumpkin

(Spanish) calabaza silvestre

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

xkwana

my finger

(Spanish) mi dedo de mano

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xkwanbezhel

mulberry (what silkworms eat)

(Spanish) mora (lo que come los gusanos de seda)

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

xkwania

my toe

(Spanish) mi dedo de pie

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xkwel ro’

escuela normal lit. big school

(Spanish) escuela normal superior lit. escuela grande

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xkwel ro’

escuela normal lit. big school

(Spanish) escuela normal superior lit. escuela grande

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

xlachi wxady

xlachi wxady

aromatic edible wild bush

(Spanish) Chepiche de chapulines

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xmiwa

friendship

(Spanish) amistad

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

xo’p

xo’p

six

(Spanish) seis

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xo’p

six

(Spanish) seis

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

xon

xon

eight

(Spanish) ocho

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xon

eight

(Spanish) ocho

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

xprima’

my cousin

(Spanish) mi primo, mi prima

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

xtiezh

xtiezh

garlic noun

(Spanish) ajo

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Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

xtiezh

xtiezh

garlic noun

(Spanish) ajo

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xtiezh

xtiezh

garlic

(Spanish) ajo

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xtubily

elbow

(Spanish) codo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Xtyozte’n liu

Thank you

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xtyupru’

chin

(Spanish) mentón; barbilla

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

xtyupru’

chin

(Spanish) mentón, barbilla

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

xtyupy

hip or tailbone

(Spanish) cadera o cóccix

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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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.

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