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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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ngats [+]

[ ngaàa’ts ]

   yellow

( Spanish ) amarillo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Bicya lazha cagyilya colory ngats ni basana, ngatsgyiaru na ni binylua, lag ngatsii? see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • CC L19
Quia Bdan [+]

   Picacho (name of the mountain)

( Spanish ) Picacho (nombre de la montaña)

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • location
cabai [+]

[ caba’i ]

   horse

( Spanish ) caballo

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
wchily [+]

[ wchiilly ]

   knife

( Spanish ) cuchillo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

gyigyerëb [+]

[ gyigy’eèrëb ]

   type of plant

( Spanish ) tipo de planta

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
xbia gyixtily [+]

[ xbiah gyix:tiilly ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyigyiny xcuch [+]

[ gyìi’gyìi’ny x:cùu’ch ]

   type of pepper

( Spanish ) tipo de chile

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
wrraly gyixtily [+]

[ wrra’ahlly gyix:tiilly ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyaluzh [+]

[ gyalùuzh ]

   type of pepper tree (Notes: 1. the tender branches are used to both cure and protect one from "susto"; 2. the peppercorns can be burned in the fire to help overdue baby chicks hatch)

( Spanish ) tipo de pirul (Notas: 1. sus ramas tiernas sirven para curar y proteger a uno del susto; 2. cuando los pollitos no nacen el día esperado, se ponen las semillas en el fuego a lado de los huevos y así cuando truenen las semillas, los pollitos nacen)

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gug [+]

[ gu’ùu’g ]

   mourning dove

( Spanish ) tortola

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
xculambrusy [+]

[ x:cullambru’uhsy ]

   tarantula

( Spanish ) tarántula


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • spider
gyamoxtas [+]

[ gyamoxta’s ]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gaz [+]

[ gàaz ]

   seven

( Spanish ) siete

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

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

[ bèe’cw ]

   dog

( Spanish ) perro

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

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

[ wii ]

   guava

( Spanish ) guayaba

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plants
  • CC L02
  • CC L06
  • CC S-13
  • CC S-01
rran [+]

[ rraan ]

   frog

( Spanish ) rana

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L02
  • animal
  • CC S-06
  • CC S-01
  • CC L14
blia xten bziu [+]

   Thunder’s Cave

( Spanish ) cueva del trueno

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • location
bca [+]

[ bca’ah ]

   grackle

( Spanish ) zanate

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
  • CC L11
  • CC S-06
  • CC L03
guezh San Luc [+]

   town of San Lucas Quiavini

( Spanish ) pueblo de San Lucas Quiavini

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

biado [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

becw [+]

[ bèe’cw ]

   dog

( Spanish ) perro

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • CC L05
  • animal
guich bled [+]

[ guii’ch ble’ed ]

   type of thorny bush

( Spanish ) especie de arbusto espinoso

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
bel [+]

[ bèèe’ll ]

   snake

( Spanish ) culebra

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

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

[ lùuzhgùu’ann ]

   type of plant

( Spanish ) tipo de planta ("lengua de toro")

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
tseinyabtap [+]

[ tsèin’ny ahbta’p ]

   nineteen

( Spanish ) diecinueve

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC S-05
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
gual tia [+]

   white winged dove

( Spanish ) paloma alas blancas

Scientific name: Zenaida asiatica

Speaker: Geraldina Lopez Curiel

Example: via naturalista.mx

guichiu [+]

[ guìi’chiùu ]

   type of thorny tree

( Spanish ) especie de árbol espinoso

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyibia muan [+]

[ gyibyàa mu’an ]

   prickly pear cactus

( Spanish ) nopal

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
teiby [+]

[ te’ihby ]

   one

( Spanish ) uno

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC L03
  • CC L06
  • CC S-05
biasa [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

gueb simarrony [+]

[ guèe’b simaroony ]

   type of acahual

( Spanish ) tipo de acahual

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guzh [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

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
wbwe gyad ncyets [+]

[ wbwèe’ gyàa’d ncye’ts ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
cuch armadi [+]

[ cu’uch armadii ]

   armadillo

( Spanish ) armadillo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
dub saryely [+]

[ dùub saryeelly ]

( Spanish ) tipo de maguey sarial

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
bzeiny [+]

[ bzèiny ]

   deer

( Spanish ) venado

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

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

[ gyilanygyiah ]

   type of plant

( Spanish ) tipo de planta

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guichuiny [+]

[ guichuihny ]

   type of thorny plant

( Spanish ) especie de planta espinosa

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
tseinyabteby [+]

[ tsèi’nyahbteeby ]

   sixteen

( Spanish ) dieciséis

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC S-05
gwag [+]

[ gwahg ]

   rat

( Spanish ) rata

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
rdo [+]

[ rdòo’oh ]

   1. get sold, sell (is sold) 2. get sold by, be sold by (a unit of measure)

( Spanish ) 1. venderse 2. venderse por (una unidad de medida)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Lainy gyia Bac laty rdo bel. Rsilyru ni, ady salodi yzeiny buny! see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • CC L15
paborrely [+]

   peacock

( Spanish ) pavo real

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

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
gyiabo [+]

[ gyiabòo ]

   type of tree (used to make coal)

( Spanish ) un tipo de árbol (para hacer carbón)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
manyser [+]

[ ma’anyseer ]

   bee

( Spanish ) abeja

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L05
  • animal
  • insect
  • CC S-06
gyia btyen guix [+]

[ gyia btyehn guìi’x ]

   type of plant (used to treat stomach aches)

( Spanish ) tipo de planta (que se usa para el dolor de estómago)

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
bzeiny [+]

[ bzèiny ]

   deer

( Spanish ) venado

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • CC L03
  • CC L11
  • CC S-06
gyagues crioi [+]

[ gyague’s cri’oi ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
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
xop [+]

[ x:òp ]

   six

( Spanish ) seis

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC L08
  • CC S-05
xtyen becw [+]

[ xtyehn be’cw ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
mniny [+]

[ mnìi’iny ]

   child

( Spanish ) niño, niña

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Ra mniny bichi re na ra wgya xte Xandan. A wgyac blia larëm fot chi wgyarëm ydo Santa Ana ni na Santa Mony. see more on Twitter


Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • CC L05
  • person
baxat [+]

[ bax:aa’t ]

   toad

( Spanish ) sapo

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

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

Speaker: Gerardo López

many zharbel [+]

[ ma’any zh:arbèel ]

   wandering spider

( Spanish ) araña que no pica;araña de color café

Scientific name: Cupiennius salei

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Example: Photo by danieldorantes7 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • spider
tseinyabchon [+]

[ tsèi’nyahbchòonn ]

   eighteen

( Spanish ) diez y ocho

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC S-05
ga [+]

[ gààa’ ]

   nine

( Spanish ) nueve

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

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

[ bdih ]

   ant

( Spanish ) hormiga

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
  • CC S-06
guidy rga [+]

[ gui’dy rgààa’ ]

   slingshot

( Spanish ) resortera

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

tsëbteby [+]

[ tsëbteeby ]

   eleven

( Spanish ) once

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC S-05
gyalazhu [+]

[ gyalàa’zh:ùu ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
bon xqui buarr [+]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

gyibtsëri [+]

[ gyibtsëhri’ih ]

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
gya gues siu [+]

[ gya gue’s siu’uh ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
zuat [+]

[ zu’aht ]

   bone

( Spanish ) hueso

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

guichuny las [+]

[ guichuiny lah’as ]

   type of bush

( Spanish ) tipo de arbusto

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
tyop [+]

[ tyo’p ]

   two

( Spanish ) dos

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
gyarziny [+]

[ gyarzihny ]

   a type of bush

( Spanish ) un tipo de arbusto

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
dud blia [+]

[ dùub blììa’ ]

   tobala maguey

( Spanish ) tobalá

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
tsëda [+]

[ tsëdah ]

   fourteen

( Spanish ) catorce

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC S-05
gyabaza [+]

[ gyabazàa ]

   olalliberry tree

( Spanish ) árbol de zarzamora

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
deiby [+]

   feather

( Spanish ) pluma (de ave)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

lo nya [+]

[ loh nyààa’ ]

   field

( Spanish ) campo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • agriculture
  • CC L14
  • CC BXTP-2
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
many tajw [+]

   swallow

( Spanish ) golondrina

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
zhyet [+]

[ zhye’et ]

   cat

( Spanish ) gato

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L06
  • animal
  • CC S-06
gyibiazë [+]

[ gyibiazêë ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
tsëbtyop [+]

[ tsëbtyo’p ]

   twelve

( Spanish ) doce

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • number
  • CC S-05
tyop [+]

[ tyo’p ]

   two

( Spanish ) dos

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • number
  • CC L08
  • CC S-05
gyizha morad [+]

[ gyihzhya’ moraad ]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyixtily [+]

[ gyix:tiilly ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
cwan [+]

[ cwàa’n ]

   alfalfa

( Spanish ) alfalfa

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
baguidy [+]

[ ba’gui’idy ]

   butterfly, moth

( Spanish ) mariposa, polilla

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • insect
  • CC S-06
gyia xniaz [+]

Speaker: Gerardo López

budy [+]

[ bu’uhuhdy ]

   chicken

( Spanish ) pollo, gallina, gallo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

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

[ gyiabehn ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
badia [+]

[ badiia ]

   roadrunner

( Spanish ) correcaminos

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

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

[ bu’uhuhdy ]

   chicken, hen

( Spanish ) pollo, gallina

Speaker: Victoria Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
te crioi [+]

[ tee cri’oi ]

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
conzh [+]

   shell

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
gyabo [+]

[ gyabòo ]

   encino oak (used to make coal)

( Spanish ) encino (se usa para hacer carbón)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • plants
guëizh [+]

[ gëë’ihzh ]

   maguey fiber

( Spanish ) fibre de maguey

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
ydo [+]

[ ydòòo’ ]

   church

( Spanish ) iglesia

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez


Semantic domains:

  • CC L03
  • CC L12
guichëm [+]

[ guichyë’mm ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
gyigwats [+]

[ gyigwa’ts ]

Speaker: Gerardo López


Semantic domains:

  • plants
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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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