Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

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

prickly pear cactus

(Spanish) nopal

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

Mexican plum, ciruela noun

(Spanish) ciruela

Example: Ba rzulo rdu’ún lo biashr naga’á lo gue’é. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Mexican pepperleaf

(Spanish) hierba santa

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Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

Mexican pepperleaf

(Spanish) hierba santa

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

wild pink muhly grass

(Spanish) pasto de anillo (usada para proteger a la cosecha de lluvia fuerte)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

aromatic herb used to cook beans

(Spanish) epazote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

pitaya (fruit of several cactus species)

(Spanish) pitaya

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Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

tunilla (type of small cactus fruit)

(Spanish) tunilla

Example: Ndu’úa, btsë guishr rshru te re quia nis ni rac chu gëy / In Oaxaca, wild cactus fruit is used to make traditional ice cream see more on Twitter

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

guava noun

(Spanish) guayaba

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

huitlacoche grows when pigs come near corn seeds noun

(Spanish) el huitlacoche sale cuando los cerdos se acercan a las semillas de maiz

Example: Kët nati par ibig Chuch, ladru ca ria xhub bini, te kët iria Daam loo guel. Zé’ey qwendilaaz de bën gul. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

marigold (this flower is used for All Saint’s Day festivities)

(Spanish) flor de zempasuchil

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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

orange flower, stems covered in velcro-like surface

(Spanish) flor pegajosa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

alcatraz flower

(Spanish) flor alcatraz

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

wild cempasuchil (small, yellow, wild flower, used in All Saint’s Day festivities) noun

(Spanish) cempasuchil silvestre (florecilla silvestre amarilla, usada en la festividad de todos los santos)

Example: Ba bzulo riald Guie Gwe la’án de Dani Ndua’á. see more on Twitter

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

corn sprout

(Spanish) maiz germinando

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

common lantana (lit. chicken poop)

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

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

a tree with small, egg-like fruits (lit. ’tree of dew’; people feed the fruit to chickens)

(Spanish) un árbol con fruta como huevos pequeños (literalmente ’árbol de rocío’; se alimenta a los gallinas con estas frutas)

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Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

huizache noun

(Spanish) huizache

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

huaje tree

(Spanish) árbol de huaje

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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

saltbush plant

(Spanish) chamizo

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

chepil (an herb) noun

(Spanish) chepil

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez