Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

dog’s tongue cactus

(Spanish) nopal lengua de perro

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

root with which you can make shampoo noun

(Spanish) raíz con lo cual se puede hacer champú

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

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

ripened tomato

(Spanish) tomate maduro

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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

bushy matgrass

(Spanish) pitiona

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

guava noun

(Spanish) guayaba

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

wild yellow flower

(Spanish) acahual silvestre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

mamey

(Spanish) mamey

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

wax mallow flower (used to make necklaces for saints or special pots for religious ceremonies and mayordomias)

(Spanish) wax mallow flower (usada como collar para santos o vasijas especiales en ceremonias religiosas y mayordomias

Example: see more on Twitter Ske rzab gue giny can ri’ batx lo de lani ro’ xte gëdx Zunni // “Monacillo” flowers adorning a pot that contains ceremonial drinks during the feast of Tlacochahuaya // Flores chilito adorn

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

white tree orchid noun

(Spanish) orquídea blanca de un árbol

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

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

carrizo reed noun

(Spanish) carrizo

Example: Uzan ru’úch nis ya’á rë’ni te ru za’ák deb. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

carrizo reed

(Spanish) carrizo

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

alfalfa noun

(Spanish) alfalfa

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

corn planted early in the season

(Spanish) maíz tempranero

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

biznaga cactus fruit (which lizards eat)

(Spanish) chile de lagartija

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

copal bush

(Spanish) árbol de copal

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

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

organ-pipe cactus noun

(Spanish) órgano

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

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

rat tail cactus

(Spanish) cactus cola de rata

Example: Ya btsë xban guag, zaby lo de yaxats lá’n Dani / Cactus cola de rata colgando de los encinos en la montaña / “Rat tail cactus” hanging from pine trees in the mountains see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

mesquite tree with yellow flowers

(Spanish) árbol de mezquite que da flores amarillas

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

lime tree, lemon tree

(Spanish) limonero

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

custard apple (green fruit with whitish flesh) noun

(Spanish) chirimoya

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

corn

(Spanish) maiz

Example: Par Bën Za, xub na labaan ne laaznu / For Zapotec people, corn is our heart and root / para los Zapotecos, el maíz es nuestra raíz y nuestro corazón see more on Twitter

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales