Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

tule grass (used to make roofs)

(Spanish) tule

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

blackberry

(Spanish) mora

Example: Bndag Beza rzhu te ro be’ld xhed ladru ri ru dem / Blackberry leaves are used to feed silk worms in Zapotec towns / Hojas de mora para alimentar gusanos de seda en los pueblos Zapotecos see more on Twitter

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

thick cactus

(Spanish) nopal grueso

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

root with which you can make shampoo noun

(Spanish) raíz con lo cual se puede hacer champú

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Mexican plum, ciruela noun

(Spanish) ciruela

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

sprouting river tamarind (edible)

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

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

zapote

(Spanish) zapote negro

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

agave to plant

(Spanish) agave para trasplantar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

to dry, put to dry verb

(Spanish) secar, poner a secar

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

weed

(Spanish) hierba

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

red flower (used to make and decorate a type of punch) noun

(Spanish) flor roja (que se usa para hacer y decorar el ponche)

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Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

endemic white wild aromatic orchid

(Spanish) lirio blanco silvestre

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

wild mint

(Spanish) poleo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

flower stick of agave plants noun

(Spanish) quiote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

pears hang from the tree

(Spanish) cuelgan las peras del árbol

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bitter herb

(Spanish) hierba amarga

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

morning glory noun

(Spanish) quebraplato (tipo de flor)

Example: Chi riab za’ák nisguia la’á cue’écu rbily lo guel. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

tea of Mexican pepperleaf

(Spanish) te de hierba santa,

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

lemon verbena

(Spanish) cedrón

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

castor oil plant noun

(Spanish) higuerilla

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

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

tomato plant

(Spanish) planta de tomate, tomatal

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

guava tree

(Spanish) árbol de guayaba

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

huizache noun

(Spanish) huizache

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

wild pepper tree (whose leaves cause a skin rash)

(Spanish) pirul silvestre (cuyas hojas provocan una erupción en la piel)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

cob of corn

(Spanish) elote

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

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán