Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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bangw ribiby gixt

(Spanish) Banca para hilar

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

a gudxinin

it’s late

(Spanish) es tarde

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

a guyenten

have accumulated a lot

(Spanish) se ha acumulado mucho

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

a na _____

it is _____ o’clock

(Spanish) ya son _____ (para dar la hora)

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

a nanna

verb I already know

(Spanish) ya sé

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

a zizau kon dunun

phrase Are you coming with us?

(Spanish) ¿Vienes con nosotros?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ba ba

phrase regularly

(Spanish) a cada rato

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

bednatu dunun

phrase you came to see us

(Spanish) ustedes vinieron a vernos/visitarnos

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

bily-bily

here kitty, kitty (used to call a cat)

(Spanish) chito, chito, chito (se usa al llamar a un gato)

Speaker: Munro et al 1999

bixhixhy

bixhixhy

(Spanish) tigrillo

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

dixgix

problem

(Spanish) problema

Speaker: Teresa Manuela Mendoza Ruíz

dunun

pronoun we

(Spanish) nosotros

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

dunun asak

see if...ever again

(Spanish) ¡a ver si...alguna otra vez!

Speaker: Manuel Bazan Chávez

gabi’ gabanian

be resurrected

(Spanish) revivir (tercera persona)

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutiérrez

gad gadi

(Spanish) immaduro, verde

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

gaxga

preposition near, close to

(Spanish) cerca de

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

kabebe duu

(Spanish) elegir los hilos que vas a tejer

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

katxutx ??

baseball cap

(Spanish) gorra de béisbol

Speaker: CC

ketxitxu

there’s nothing, there isn’t anything

(Spanish) no hay nada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

kety nanadia

I don’t know

(Spanish) No sé

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

kuawr xhixhy

kuawr xhixhy

(Spanish) pecho pinto

Speaker: Froylan Carreño Gutiérrez

nana’

know (information or facts)

(Spanish) saber

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

nana’

know (information or facts)

(Spanish) saber

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez

nanaa

verb know (information or facts)

(Spanish) saber

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

nanaam

it knows (animal)

(Spanish) sabe (animal)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

rabab

itchy

(Spanish) dar comezón

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

rara gèè’l

verb dawn

(Spanish) amanace

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

raragèl

sunrise

(Spanish) amanecer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

reen txitxy

nurses, breastfeeds (of a baby)

(Spanish) mama (dicese de un bebé)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

rideden le’n

come to

(Spanish) entrar en (un objeto que entra o pasa a otro)

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles

ridiediu

verb you leave, you unstick

(Spanish) sales

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

rizubiub

has a pain in

(Spanish) tiene un dolor en

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ru’un banan

verb sobs

(Spanish) solloza

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

rutxetxy

verb to shout

(Spanish) gritar

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

txinzin

fewer (for countable objects)

(Spanish) menos (como cosas que se pueden contar)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

xa yu yubyu

phrase How are you? (formal)

(Spanish) ¿Cómo está?

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhaxhie

xhaxhie

noun back of the neck, nape of the neck

(Spanish) mi nuca

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhixhiitè’

adjective daily

(Spanish) diario

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xhixhite

every day

(Spanish) a diario, cada día

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

xmama

xmama

possessed noun my grandmother

(Spanish) mi abuela

Speaker: Celso Gutiérrez Montaño

xtiziniubteè’ yiubiu

phrase thank you very much (formal)

(Spanish) muchas gracias (ud.)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

xtiziubiu

phrase thank you (formal)

(Spanish) gracias (ud.)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

yubyu

you (formal)

(Spanish) usted

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

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All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities (2013-2017).
Dictionary production supervised by Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and Janet Chávez Santiago, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013-2017).
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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how to cite: Janet Chávez Santiago, Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, Allison Freemond, Neal Kelso, Jaime Metzger, Kate Riestenberg, & K. David Harrison. 2019. Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 2.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/teotitlan

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