The San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2009 entries, with 1528 audio files and 184 images.
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[ dùub blììa’ ]
tobalá maguey (a wild maguey used to make mezcal)
( Spanish ) maguey tobalá (maguey silvestre que se usa para hacer mezcal)
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[ gyia btyehn guìi’x ]
type of plant (used to treat stomach aches)
( Spanish ) tipo de planta (que se usa para el dolor de estómago)
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[ gyabòo ]
encino oak (used to make coal)
( Spanish ) encino (se usa para hacer carbón)
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[ guii’ch ble’ed ]
type of thorny bush
( Spanish ) especie de arbusto espinoso
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[ cwàa’nàa’dy ]
type of plant (used to treat arthritis)
( Spanish ) tipo de planta (se usa a tratar la artritis)
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the walls of the old Quiavini town
( Spanish ) los paredes del viejo pueblo de Quiavini
[ gyibtsëhzhii’ ]
a specific type of organ pipe cactus
( Spanish ) una clase de organo que da tuna
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[ dùube’èu’ ]
a type of wild maguey used to make mezcal
( Spanish ) una clase de maguey silvestre para hacer mezcal
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[ lùuzhgùu’ann ]
type of plant
( Spanish ) tipo de planta ("lengua de toro")
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Dictionary produced by Brook Lillehaugen, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer.
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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