Tlacochahuaya Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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bëch

bëch

tule grass (used to make roofs)

(Spanish) tule

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bi’a

bi’a

prickly pear cactus

(Spanish) nopal

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

bi’a

bi’a

prickly pear cactus

(Spanish) nopal

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

bid la’

bid la’

sprouting river tamarind (edible)

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

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

blapi’aty

white castor oil plant

(Spanish) higuerilla blanca

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

bti’ux gizh gehl

bti’ux gizh gehl

wild tomatillo noun

(Spanish) tomatillo silvestre, tomatillo milpero

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Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

btsë nakiits

white prickly pear fruit

(Spanish) fruta de nopal blanco

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

btyun

bushy matgrass

(Spanish) pitiona

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

geld tsëny

sapodilla, chicozapote

(Spanish) chicozapote

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

gie bzhi

gie bzhi

flower used for crowns on Thursday of holy week

(Spanish) flor de mayo, cacaloxúchitl, flor que sirve para coronas el jueves de la semana santa

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

gie gidy

gie gidy

orange flower, stems covered in velcro-like surface

(Spanish) flor pegajosa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

gie penumbr

gie penumbr

half-light flower (important local flower of various colors)

(Spanish) flor penumbra (flor local importante de varios colores)

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

gie tën

gie tën

poinsettia noun

(Spanish) flor de noche buena

Example: Ba riald de Guie Tëni // Poinsettias are blooming // Nochebuenas floreando... see more on Twitter

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

gie xhte "mansanit"

tejocote flower noun

(Spanish) flor de tejocote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

gie xki bëdy

common lantana flower (lit. chicken poop flower)

(Spanish) flor de lantana (lit. flor caca de gallina)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

gie yan

gie yan

wild flower, resembles a corn cob

(Spanish) flor de olote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

gya’

carrizo reed

(Spanish) carrizo

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

gyia rros[gyìa’ rro’s]

rose noun

(Spanish) rosa

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

ka per lo yag

ka per lo yag

pears hang from the tree

(Spanish) cuelgan las peras del árbol

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

lo git

lo git

pumpkin plant sprouts noun

(Spanish) guias

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

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

susen xhina

red lily noun

(Spanish) azucena roja. Del español

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

yabiech

yabiech

plum tree

(Spanish) árbol de ciruelas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

yagëch

yagëch

mezquite tree noun

(Spanish) árbol de mezquite

Example: Bel yubga yald guie Yagëch, ziubga za gued Xman "Sant." see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

yagëchibe’

hawthorn (type of tree); mequite tree noun

(Spanish) espino; mequite

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

zhihty

zhihty

onion noun

(Spanish) cebolla

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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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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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