Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

tule grass (used to make roofs)

(Spanish) tule

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

avocado leaves

(Spanish) hojas de árbol de aguacate

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

prickly pear cactus fruit

(Spanish) tuna del nopal, pitaya

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

wild bush, roots used to treat hemorrhage (sensible to touch or clap)

(Spanish) vergonzosa (raíces útiles para tratar hemorragia)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

white prickly pear fruit

(Spanish) fruta de nopal blanco

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

bushy matgrass

(Spanish) pitiona

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

beans planted early in the season

(Spanish) frijol tempranero

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

corn tassel noun

(Spanish) espigas de la milpa

Example: Ba ca doo de xhub glo... see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bush sunflower (wild flower fed to chickens)

(Spanish) acahual delgado

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

jilote (corn flower) noun

(Spanish) jilote

Example: Ba ca yaas gëch de guel... // Young ears of corn are emerging // Ya empiezan a brotarle jilotes a la milpa see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

sapodilla, chicozapote

(Spanish) chicozapote

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

mamey

(Spanish) mamey

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

angel’s trumpet flower

(Spanish) floripondio

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

yellow flower of the geb plant (always blooms during late october, early november)

(Spanish) flor amarillo de acahual

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

wild flower, resembles a corn cob

(Spanish) flor de olote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

chili pod noun

(Spanish) chile

Example: De bën gul nan sha ray za’ák guini te gac chu indo... see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

it is sprouting (milpa)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

mamey seed

(Spanish) semila de mamey

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

fruit of mezquite

(Spanish) frutas del rompecapa

Example: see more on Twitter Xhub dxidx, tub nax ni ro de “vaquer” txi renedeb de itxa lo gi’x // Frutillas del mezquite “rompe-capas” una delicia que disfrutaban los cuidadores de ganado en el campo. // Wild berries from m

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

common lantana (lit. chicken poop)

(Spanish) lantana, cinco negritos (lit. popo de pollo)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

mulberry (what silkworms eat)

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

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

organ-pipe cactus noun

(Spanish) órgano

Example: Ya btsë rded gal nabani de Dani, lo de be’éu biz. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

iron guaje tree noun

(Spanish) arbol de guaje de hierro

Example: Nde na yala’á guib, rialdni lo de be’éu biz see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

yellow corn

(Spanish) maíz amarillo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez