Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

prickly pear cactus

(Spanish) nopal

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)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

zapote

(Spanish) zapote negro

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

wild bean flowers noun

(Spanish) flores de frijol silvestre (comestible)

Example: Bza bndariy rni’ís la’án dani, ne Bn Za ro de guie lo xub. 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

corn tassel noun

(Spanish) espigas de la milpa

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

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

cucharilla agave noun

(Spanish) agave de cucharilla

Example: Dub bcuel rac chu de "coron" de chi lani. 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

flower used for crowns on Thursday of holy week

(Spanish) flor de mayo, cacaloxúchitl, flor que sirve para coronas el jueves de la semana santa

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

orange flower, stems covered in velcro-like surface

(Spanish) flor pegajosa

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

tejocote flower noun

(Spanish) flor de tejocote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

flower stick of agave plants noun

(Spanish) quiote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

huaje noun

(Spanish) huaje

Example: Bën Za zeula ro lá’a, ne lo de be’éu gal nald rzulo raa dem. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

squash plant is blooming

(Spanish) la calabaza está floreando

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

tejocote tree is blooming

(Spanish) el arbor de tejocote está floreando

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

banana tree

(Spanish) platanero

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

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

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)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

tomato plant

(Spanish) planta de tomate, tomatal

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

huaje tree

(Spanish) árbol de huaje

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

red spruce tree noun

(Spanish) piru

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

red spruce tree

(Spanish) piru

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

wild white and purple flower

(Spanish) flor compuesta silvestre

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

yellow corn noun

(Spanish) maiz amarillo

Example: Bën za rqui’í xhub bshra’áts te re quia laychi. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

yellow corn

(Spanish) maíz amarillo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez