Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

dry corn plants are tied together noun

(Spanish) el zacate está amarrado

Example: Lo de be’éu gal nald, Bën Za rnda’á guel ne rtiugh ghuishr. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

leaf

(Spanish) hoja

Example: see more on Twitter Ya zhats ca za’ld rate bndag xteni, la’n de gëch dany // Encino trees, dropping all leaves, giving a spectacular display of colors // Árboles de encino, tirando sus hojas, desplegando un e

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

aromatic herb used to cook beans

(Spanish) epazote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

tomatillo (used for salsas)

(Spanish) tomatillo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

tuna fruit, prickly pear cactus fruit noun

(Spanish) tuna(s)

Example: Prickly Pear Cactus Fruit. Photo by Ken Bosma, License: CC BY 2.0 see more on Flickr . Btsë xhub rshru te go ne isia guid lady bëni. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

beans with hierba de conejo noun

(Spanish) frijoles con hierba de conejo

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

agave to plant

(Spanish) agave para trasplantar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

thick yellow flower

(Spanish) acahual grueso

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Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

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

the flower before the corn is mature

(Spanish) jilote, flor de maíz antes que este maduro

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

plumeria flower noun

(Spanish) flor de mayo

Example: Bën Za runchu guie du’úld Guie Bshri te rzab yan chan. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

angel’s trumpet flower

(Spanish) floripondio

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 bitter tasting flower noun

(Spanish) flor con sabor amargo

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

"horn" flower (wild flower, sweet aroma and edible seeds)

(Spanish) flor de uña de gato, flor de garra de diablo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

agave fiber, maguey fiber

(Spanish) fibra de maguey, fibra de agave

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

wild agave plant

(Spanish) maguey silvestre

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

tea of Mexican pepperleaf

(Spanish) te de hierba santa,

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

banana tree

(Spanish) platanero

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

encino tree noun

(Spanish) árbol encino

Example: Chi ca xhí’in laaz de Zaa, chí’iy na chi rguin wziu rú’u zaa, te kët gundeni tuv liach... Zé’ey gwendilaaz de Bën gul Zunni. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

plum tree

(Spanish) árbol de ciruelas

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

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

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

Example: BnZaa ryan Yabni de bëd guidy te chewla cua’áy dem. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

huizache noun

(Spanish) huizache

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

dried cobs (used as fuel in the kitchen) noun

(Spanish) olote(s)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

chepil (an herb) noun

(Spanish) chepil

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez