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San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec talking dictionary

San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec

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version 7.2019

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San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec

The San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 1990 entries, with 1509 audio files and 184 images.
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Bac [+]

[ Ba’ahc ]

   Tlacolula

( Spanish ) Tlacolula

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Guetxtily ngats Bac. see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • CC L17
  • CC S-07
badia [+]

[ badiia ]

   roadrunner

( Spanish ) correcamimos

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
  • CC L02
  • CC L24
badia [+]

[ badiia ]

   roadrunner

( Spanish ) correcaminos

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
  • CC L02
  • CC L24
  • CC S-06
bag [+]

[ baag ]

   cow

( Spanish ) vaca

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC L07
  • CC S-06
bag [+]

[ baag ]

   cow

( Spanish ) vaca

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC L07
baguidy [+]

[ ba’gui’idy ]

   butterfly, moth

( Spanish ) mariposa, polilla

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
  • CC S-06
balag [+]

   caterpillar

( Spanish ) oruga

Scientific name: Lepidoptera via Wikipedia

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Photo by hallakarl / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
baxat [+]

[ bax:aa’t ]

   toad

( Spanish ) sapo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L04
  • animal
  • CC S-06
baxat [+]

[ bax:aa’t ]

   toad

( Spanish ) sapo

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L04
  • animal
  • CC S-06
bca [+]

[ bca’ah ]

   grackle

( Spanish ) zanate

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
  • CC L11
  • CC S-06
  • CC L03
bchily [+]

[ bchiilly ]

   knife

( Spanish ) cuchillo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L13
bdag xte gyiaguex [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

bdi [+]

[ bdih ]

   ant

( Spanish ) hormiga

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
  • CC S-06
bdi [+]

[ bdih ]

   ant

( Spanish ) hormiga

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
  • CC S-06
bech [+]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

becw [+]

[ bèe’cw ]

   dog

( Spanish ) perro

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC L02
  • CC L05
  • CC S-06
becw [+]

[ bèe’cw ]

   dog

( Spanish ) perro

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • CC L05
  • animal
bëguidy [+]

[ bë’gui’idy ]

   butterfly, moth

( Spanish ) mariposa, polilla

Scientific name: Lepidoptera via Wikipedia

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Photo by cullen / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
beich [+]

[ be’ich ]

   buzzard, vulture

( Spanish ) zopilote

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
  • CC S-06
  • CC L24
bel [+]

[ bèèe’ll ]

   snake

( Spanish ) culebra

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L01
  • CC L10
  • animal
  • CC S-06
bel [+]

[ behll ]

   fish

( Spanish ) pez

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • animal
  • CC L01
  • CC L05
  • CC S-06
bel dub [+]

[ bèe’ll dùub ]

   maguey worm

( Spanish ) gusano de maguey

Scientific name: Comadia redtenbacheri

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Beldub. Ryulazu rauëng e? Lainy mescaly, lany zhubguiny, xa ryulazëng? Gusanos de maguey te gustan? see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • food
beu [+]

[ be’euh ]

   turtle

( Spanish ) tortuga

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC S-06
bgyied [+]

[ bgyìed ]

   izote (the flowers are edible)

( Spanish ) izote (se comen las flores)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

biado [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

biagyety [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

biasa [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

blia xten bziu [+]

   Thunder’s Cave

( Spanish ) cueva del trueno

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • location
bon xqui buarr [+]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

bsia [+]

[ bsihah ]

   eagle

( Spanish ) águila

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
  • CC S-06
  • CC L19
btiaz [+]

[ btììa’z ]

   nest

( Spanish ) nido

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

buarr [+]

[ bua’rr ]

   donkey

( Spanish ) burro

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
budy [+]

[ bu’uhuhdy ]

   chicken

( Spanish ) pollo, gallina, gallo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • CC L07
  • animal
  • CC S-06
budy [+]

[ bu’uhuhdy ]

   chicken, hen

( Spanish ) pollo, gallina

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
budy gai [+]

[ bu’uhdy ga’i ]

   rooster

( Spanish ) gallo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
budy ngual [+]

[ bu’uhdy ngu’ahll ]

   male turkey

( Spanish ) guajalote macho

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
  • CC L07
  • CC S-06
bxady [+]

[ bx:àady ]

   chapulin (edible grasshopper)

( Spanish ) chapulín

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Tu ryulaz rau bxady? Who likes to eat chapulines? ¿A quién le gusta come chapulines? Qui aime manger chapulines? see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • animal
  • insect
  • CC L06
  • CC S-06
byub [+]

[ byùùu’b ]

   leaf-cutter ant

( Spanish ) hormiga arriera

Scientific name: Atta cephalotes

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Photo by momoto-erick / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
bzeiny [+]

[ bzèiny ]

   deer

( Spanish ) venado

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC L03
  • CC L11
  • CC S-06
bzeiny [+]

[ bzèiny ]

   deer

( Spanish ) venado

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • CC S-06
  • CC L11
bzicy [+]

[ bzi’icy ]

   type of parasitic plant

( Spanish ) un tipo de planta parácita

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
bzya [+]

[ bzyààa’ ]

   beans

( Spanish ) frijoles

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plants
  • CC L02
  • CC L13
cabai [+]

[ caba’i ]

   horse

( Spanish ) caballo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L05
  • animal
  • CC S-06
cabai [+]

[ caba’i ]

   horse

( Spanish ) caballo

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
caracol [+]

   snail

( Spanish ) caracol

Scientific name: Cornu via Wikipedia

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Photo by cobao / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
chon [+]

[ chòonn ]

   three

( Spanish ) tres

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC L08
  • CC S-05
conzh [+]

   shell

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
cuch armadi [+]

[ cu’uch armadii ]

   armadillo

( Spanish ) armadillo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
cwan [+]

[ cwàa’n ]

   alfalfa

( Spanish ) alfalfa

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
cwan bady [+]

[ cwàa’n ba’ady ]

   type of plant

( Spanish ) tipo de planta

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
cwan gyerëb [+]

[ cwàa’n gye’rëb ]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
cwanady [+]

[ cwàa’nàa’dy ]

   type of plant (used to treat arthritis)

( Spanish ) tipo de planta (se usa a tratar la artritis)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
cwanze [+]

[ cwàa’nzeh ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
cwiw [+]

[ cwi’u ]

   fox

( Spanish ) zorro

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
dam [+]

[ da’amm ]

   owl

( Spanish ) búho, tecolote

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC S-06
deiby [+]

   feather

( Spanish ) pluma (de ave)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

dub bcwel [+]

[ dùub bcwèel ]

   type of maguey, type of agave

( Spanish ) tipo de maguey

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
dub cux [+]

[ dùub cu’ux ]

   type of maguey

( Spanish ) maguey espadín


Semantic domains:

  • plants
dub saryely [+]

[ dùub saryeelly ]

( Spanish ) tipo de maguey sarial

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
dubblia [+]

[ dùub blììa’ ]

   tobalá maguey (a wild maguey used to make mezcal)

( Spanish ) maguey tobalá (maguey silvestre que se usa para hacer mezcal)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
dubeu [+]

[ dùube’èu’ ]

   a type of wild maguey used to make mezcal

( Spanish ) una clase de maguey silvestre para hacer mezcal

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
dubia [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • animal
dud blia [+]

[ dùub blììa’ ]

   tobala maguey

( Spanish ) tobalá

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
ga [+]

[ gààa’ ]

   nine

( Spanish ) nueve

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC L02
  • CC L08
  • CC S-05
gai [+]

[ gài’ ]

   five

( Spanish ) cinco

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC L03
  • CC L08
  • CC S-05
gaz [+]

[ gàaz ]

   seven

( Spanish ) siete

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC L08
  • CC S-05
gual tia [+]

   white winged dove

( Spanish ) paloma alas blancas

Scientific name: Zenaida asiatica

Speaker: Geraldina Lopez Curiel

Example: via naturalista.mx

guan [+]

[ gùu’ann ]

   bull; ox

( Spanish ) toro, buey

Speaker: Victoria Lopez

Example: Guan zugua lo neziu see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • CC L06
  • CC S-06
guan [+]

[ gùu’ann ]

   bull; ox

( Spanish ) toro, buey

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Guan zugua lo neziu see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • CC L06
  • CC S-06
gueb simarrony [+]

[ guèe’b simaroony ]

   type of acahual

( Spanish ) tipo de acahual

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guedy [+]

   tunnel

( Spanish ) túnel

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

guëizh [+]

[ gëë’ihzh ]

   maguey fiber

( Spanish ) fibre de maguey

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guepy [+]

[ guèe’py ]

   bellybutton, navel; umbilical cord

( Spanish ) ombligo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Cali bsanu xquepyu? ’Where did you leave your umbilical cord?’


Semantic domains:

  • body part
  • CC S-15
guezh San Luc [+]

   town of San Lucas Quiavini

( Spanish ) pueblo de San Lucas Quiavini

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

guezhro [+]

[ gueezhro ]

   large biznaga (was used to make "tortillas" during the famine)

( Spanish ) biznaga grande (se usaba para hacer "tortillas" en tiempo de hambruna)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gug [+]

[ gu’ùu’g ]

   mourning dove

( Spanish ) tortola

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
gugyixtily [+]

[ guhgyix:tiilly ]

   carriso root

( Spanish ) raiz de carriso

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guich bled [+]

[ guii’ch ble’ed ]

   type of thorny bush

( Spanish ) especie de arbusto espinoso

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guichbe lag [+]

[ guìi’chbèe lahg ]

   type of tree (goats are dependent on this tree)

( Spanish ) tipo de árbol (que comen los chivos)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guichbily [+]

[ guichbiily ]

   type of plant with barbed thorns

( Spanish ) tipo de planta con espinas

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guichbled [+]

[ guichble’ed ]

   type of plant (eaten by goats)

( Spanish ) tipo de planta (que comen los chivos)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guichëm [+]

[ guichyë’mm ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guichiu [+]

[ guìi’chiùu ]

   type of thorny tree

( Spanish ) especie de árbol espinoso

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guichuiny [+]

[ guichuihny ]

   type of thorny plant

( Spanish ) especie de planta espinosa

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guichuny las [+]

[ guichuiny lah’as ]

   type of bush

( Spanish ) tipo de arbusto

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guidy rga [+]

[ gui’dy rgààa’ ]

   slingshot

( Spanish ) resortera

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

guzh [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

gwag [+]

[ gwahg ]

   rat

( Spanish ) rata

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
gya gues siu [+]

[ gya gue’s siu’uh ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gya guichzu [+]

[ gya guìi’chzu ]

   type of plant

( Spanish ) tipo de planta

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyabaza [+]

[ gyabazàa ]

   olalliberry tree

( Spanish ) árbol de zarzamora

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyabdua [+]

[ gyabdùa’ ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyabo [+]

[ gyabòo ]

   encino oak (used to make coal)

( Spanish ) encino (se usa para hacer carbón)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyabtuch [+]

[ gyabtu’ch ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyag recy [+]

   fire wood

( Spanish ) leña

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

gyaguel [+]

[ gyaguèehl ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyagues [+]

[ gyague’s ]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyagues crioi [+]

[ gyague’s cri’oi ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyagyal [+]

[ gyagyààa’ll ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyagyalxnia [+]

[ gyagyàlxniaa ]

   red ocote

( Spanish ) ocote rojo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
ABOUT

All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities (2013-2019)
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). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.


Most of the black and while line drawings in these entries are taken from the Arte para la Alfabetización en México (Art for Literacy in Mexico) (Instituto Lingüistico de Verano, A.C., 2004) and are used according to the license agreement therein. All artwork remains the intellectual property of the artist.

All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: 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

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There are currently 1990 entries, 1509 audio files, and 184 images.

All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities (2013-2019)
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). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.


Most of the black and while line drawings in these entries are taken from the Arte para la Alfabetización en México (Art for Literacy in Mexico) (Instituto Lingüistico de Verano, A.C., 2004) and are used according to the license agreement therein. All artwork remains the intellectual property of the artist.

All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: 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

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