Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

prickly pear cactus

(Spanish) nopal

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

root with which you can make shampoo noun

(Spanish) raíz con lo cual se puede hacer champú

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

avocado tree leaves (edible)

(Spanish) hojas de árbol de aguacate (comestibles)

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Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

white castor oil plant

(Spanish) higuerilla blanca

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

tomato noun

(Spanish) tomate / jitomate

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

tomatillo (used for salsas)

(Spanish) tomatillo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

aloe vera

(Spanish) sábila

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Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

type of plant used to feed chickens noun

(Spanish) acahual, tipo de planta que se usa para alimentar los pollos

Example: Ba ca zulo riald de guie gueb lo de nia xte Ndua’á. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

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

weed

(Spanish) hierba

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

squash blossom noun

(Spanish) flor de calabaza

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

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

(a wild flower that grows in the hills, used in the celebrations of Holy Week and Christmas)

(Spanish) (flor del cerro amarilla usada en la festividad de semana santa y navidad)

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

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

stem of agave plant noun

(Spanish) jiote del maguey

Example: Chi rchun gui’ísh, dub rzulo riald guts loni, ne Bën Za rtiu’ú guts te go de icha. 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

cinnamon noun

(Spanish) canel

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

the tree is growing

(Spanish) el árbol está creciendo

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Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

lemon verbena

(Spanish) cedrón

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

tomato plant

(Spanish) planta de tomate, tomatal

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

bibih (type of fruit) tree noun

(Spanish) árbol de los pipes

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

domesticated Peruvian peppertree (used as chicken bedding to get rid of pests)

(Spanish) pirul (usado para el lecho de pollos para remover parásitos)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

lime tree, lemon tree

(Spanish) limonero

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

saltbush plant

(Spanish) chamizo

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales