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caterpillar
( Spanish ) oruga
Scientific name: Lepidoptera via Wikipedia
Example: Photo by hallakarl / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
Semantic domains:
[ bë’gui’idy ]
butterfly, moth
( Spanish ) mariposa, polilla
Scientific name: Lepidoptera via Wikipedia
Example: Photo by cullen / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org
Semantic domains:
[ byùùu’b ]
leaf-cutter ant
( Spanish ) hormiga arriera
Scientific name: Atta cephalotes
Example: Photo by momoto-erick / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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snail
( Spanish ) caracol
Scientific name: Cornu via Wikipedia
Example: Photo by cobao / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
Semantic domains:
[ cwàa’nàa’dy ]
type of plant (used to treat arthritis)
( Spanish ) tipo de planta (se usa a tratar la artritis)
Semantic domains:
[ dùub blììa’ ]
tobalá maguey (a wild maguey used to make mezcal)
( Spanish ) maguey tobalá (maguey silvestre que se usa para hacer mezcal)
Semantic domains:
[ dùube’èu’ ]
a type of wild maguey used to make mezcal
( Spanish ) una clase de maguey silvestre para hacer mezcal
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white winged dove
( Spanish ) paloma alas blancas
Scientific name: Zenaida asiatica
Example: Foto de Jorge A. Pérez Torres, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC). via naturalista.mx
[ gueezhro ]
large biznaga (was used to make "tortillas" during the famine)
( Spanish ) biznaga grande (se usaba para hacer "tortillas" en tiempo de hambruna)
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[ guii’ch ble’ed ]
type of thorny bush
( Spanish ) especie de arbusto espinoso
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[ guìi’chbèe lahg ]
type of tree (goats are dependent on this tree)
( Spanish ) tipo de árbol (que comen los chivos)
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[ guichbiily ]
type of plant with barbed thorns
( Spanish ) tipo de planta con espinas
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[ guichble’ed ]
type of plant (eaten by goats)
( Spanish ) tipo de planta (que comen los chivos)
Semantic domains:
[ gyabòo ]
encino oak (used to make coal)
( Spanish ) encino (se usa para hacer carbón)
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Dictionary produced by Brook Lillehaugen, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer.
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
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Lillehaugen, Brook Danielle, Felipe H. Lopez, Pamela Munro, with Savita M. Deo, Graham Mauro, and Saul Ontiveros. 2019.
San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 2.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
http://www.talkingdictionary.org/sanlucasquiavini