San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec

sonny, little boy, young man; sweetheart (term of endearment)

(Spanish) hijo, niño, joven (addr. para dirigirse a un varón, usualmente un niño, casi siempre más joven que la persona que está hablando)

Pablo, Paulo, Paul

(Spanish) Pablo, Paulo, Paul

peacock

(Spanish) pavo real

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Paco, Frank

(Spanish) Paco, Frank

Bonifacio, Boniface (man’s name)

(Spanish) Bonifacio (nombre de hombre)

(man’s name)

(Spanish) (nombre de hombre)

Panfilo

(Spanish) Panfilo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

(man’s name)

(Spanish) (nombre de hombre)

for; in order to (followed by a sentence in the irrealis); by (an author, for instance)

(Spanish) para; para que; por

Example: par ygyani rata zhinyzhapi

so that people can have fun (just for fun)

(Spanish) para que personas se disfrutan

peace

(Spanish) paz

passport

(Spanish) pasaporte

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

pill

(Spanish) pastilla

patience

(Spanish) paciencia

what ...!; how...! (used in exclamations, followed by adjective or verb)

Example: pëg zhyëb rcyetlazu beiny ra zhinyu!

ball

(Spanish) pelota

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Pepsi

(Spanish) Pepsi

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

but

(Spanish) pero

by force; because of force

(Spanish) a fuerza, a la fuerza, por la fuerza

peso (currency)

(Spanish) peso

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Porfirio, Filimon, Philemon

(Spanish) Porfirio, Filimon, Philemon

gun

(Spanish) pistola

dish

(Spanish) platillo

cymbals

(Spanish) platillo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Florentino (man’s name)

(Spanish) Florentino (nombre de hombre)

pen

(Spanish) pluma

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

policeman; police

(Spanish) policia

Hipolito, Hypolitus (man’s name)

(Spanish) Hipolito, Hypolitus (nombre de hombre)

Alfonso

(Spanish) Alfonso

even through

Example: por maz probydan nari, nyec rdeidy xtadri lari "even though they were very poor, their father didn’t give them away"

get paid on a piecework basis

(Spanish) ser pagado por una tarea

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

on the telephone, by telephone

(Spanish) por teléfono

Alfredo, Alfred (man’s name)

(Spanish) Alfredo (nombre de hombre)

prisoner

(Spanish) prisionero

1. elementary (school); 2. elementary school

(Spanish) primaria

first

(Spanish) primero

presidente municipal (roughly the equivalent of a mayor)

(Spanish) presidente municipal

problem, as in "no problem"

(Spanish) problema

Example: tewag xi problemdi "no problem"

poor

(Spanish) pobre

professional

(Spanish) profesional

carbon dating test

cousin

(Spanish) prima, primo

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

at the peak of, on the (very) top of

(Spanish) punta, encima de, en el punto maás alto de

Felix

(Spanish) Felix

lung

(Spanish) pulmón

bridge

(Spanish) puente

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

door

(Spanish) puerta

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

altar (in a home)

(Spanish) altar (en una casa)

Speaker: Felipe H. Lopez

Delfino, Pino (man’s name)

(Spanish) Delfino, Pino (nombre de hombre)

1. pipe (for smoking) 2. tanker truck

(Spanish) 1. pipa (de fumar) 2. camión cisterna