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Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec talking dictionary

Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

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version 1.3, 7.2023

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Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

The Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2517 entries, with 2440 audio files and 680 images.
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laya [+]

possessed noun    my tooth

( Spanish ) mi diente

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • body part
bixia dain [+]

   mountain house sparrow

( Spanish ) gurrión del cerro

Speaker: Froilán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
ginny [+]

noun    1. storage chest; (2. database)

( Spanish ) 2. baúl; (2. base de datos)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • technology
rizub xtenin [+]

   throw up, vomit

( Spanish ) vomitar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • health
gutip [+]

   wasp

( Spanish ) avispa

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • CC I-10
  • animal
bell [+]

noun    snake

( Spanish ) culebra

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
barle’n [+]

   belt

( Spanish ) ceñidor

Speaker: Juana Mendoza Martinez


Semantic domains:

  • fiesta
  • Danza de la Pluma
gudxar yag [+]

   wooden spoon

( Spanish ) cuchara de madera

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
mon [+]

noun    doll, cute

( Spanish ) muñeca, mona

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

kuawr xhixhy [+]

( Spanish ) pecho pinto

Speaker: Froylan Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • bird
gul ’zi [+]

   little kid

( Spanish ) nino pequeno

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista


Semantic domains:

  • person
beu [+]

noun    moon, month

( Spanish ) luna, mes

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • sky
txonn [+]

   three

( Spanish ) tres

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • number
xhidx [+]

noun    pineapple

( Spanish ) piña

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
xket xhig [+]

noun    wasp nest

( Spanish ) panal de avispa

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
garsin [+]

   type of tree

( Spanish ) jarilla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • plant
benny ni ruintxei lady [+]

   weaver

( Spanish ) tejedor

Example: see more on Twitter

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
  • weaving
nis [+]

noun    water

( Spanish ) agua

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
detsa [+]

possessed noun    my back

( Spanish ) mi espalda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • body part
ridie gubidx [+]

   it gets sunny, the sun comes out

( Spanish ) se pone soleado, el sol sale

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • weather
xis ?? [+]

   branch

( Spanish ) rama


Semantic domains:

  • plant
beuu [+]

   coyote; fox

( Spanish ) coyote; zorro

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles


Semantic domains:

  • animal
beny gunà’ [+]

noun    woman

( Spanish ) mujer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
  • CC III-5
jees [+]

number    seven

( Spanish ) siete

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • number
xhana [+]

possessed noun    my mother

( Spanish ) mi mamá

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
getxgib [+]

   nail

( Spanish ) clavo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ben gul dao [+]

   grandfather?

( Spanish ) abuelito

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
bzab ?? [+]

   the stone used for granding on a metate

( Spanish ) mano de metate


Semantic domains:

  • food
baguihtx ?? [+]

   fly that bothers donkeys

( Spanish ) mosca que molestas los burros

Speaker: Munro et al 1999


Semantic domains:

  • animal
gu’un [+]

noun    bull

( Spanish ) toro

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
"Laen Garlaeg" [+]

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • places
bez gye’e [+]

   wild rabbit

( Spanish ) conejo del cerro

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista


Semantic domains:

  • animal
gwilly [+]

noun    music, musician

( Spanish ) música, músic.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
baka’a [+]

noun    magpie

( Spanish ) zanate

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
ben dain [+]

( Spanish ) serrana

Speaker: Jorge David Hernández Sosa


Semantic domains:

  • person
nit [+]

   sugar cane

( Spanish ) caña de azucar

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
rused [+]

   study

( Spanish ) estudiar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • school
guxa’ady [+]

noun    grasshopper

( Spanish ) chapulines

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • food
gwepy [+]

   loom net

( Spanish ) mallas para el telar

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista


Semantic domains:

  • weaving
biguz [+]

   drop spindle

( Spanish ) malacate

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles


Semantic domains:

  • weaving
mayn nisgie [+]

( Spanish ) primavera (tipo de pájaro)

Speaker: Froylan Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • bird
bisie [+]

   eagle

( Spanish ) aguila

Speaker: Froilán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
kukaratx [+]

noun    cockroach

( Spanish ) cucaracha

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
git [+]

noun    squash

( Spanish ) calabaza

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
git [+]

noun    squash

( Spanish ) calabaza

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
dain nisgie [+]

   mountains with rain (name of weaving pattern)

( Spanish ) montañas con lluvia (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • weaving
  • weaving pattern
ru’u bala’a [+]

noun    cliff

( Spanish ) precipicio

Speaker: Bibiana Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • landscape
gul te [+]

   type of dove

( Spanish ) tipo de paloma

Speaker: Froilán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
matxing [+]

   monkey

( Spanish ) mono

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
karnad [+]

noun    pomegranate

( Spanish ) granada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
balag yex [+]

noun    avocado leaf

( Spanish ) hoja de aguacate

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
ndao bya [+]

   a soup like dish made with diced and cooked nopal and masa

( Spanish ) amarillo de nopal

Speaker: Manuel Bazan Chávez


Semantic domains:

  • food
limm [+]

noun    lime

( Spanish ) limón

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
lo [+]

noun    face, forehead

( Spanish ) cara, frente

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez


Semantic domains:

  • body part
rraab [+]

   radish

( Spanish ) rábano

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
gitx kier ziul [+]

   has long hair

( Spanish ) de pelo largo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

bikuty [+]

   larva

( Spanish ) larva

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles


Semantic domains:

  • animal
ben gull [+]

noun    old person, elderly person

( Spanish ) anciano, anciana

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
  • CC III-5
gitz [+]

   metate (tool for grinding)

( Spanish ) metate

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez


Semantic domains:

  • food
dzïinxkuily [+]

noun    homework

( Spanish ) tarea

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • school
nie’e [+]

possessed noun    my foot

( Spanish ) mi pie

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • body part
balag yag zats [+]

( Spanish ) hoja en la iglesia durante la fiesta, posiblemente del árbol del roble

Speaker: Horacio Mendoza Martinez


Semantic domains:

  • fiesta
binit [+]

noun    people

( Spanish ) gente

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
nguus [+]

noun    young girl

( Spanish ) niña

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
biti’y [+]

( Spanish ) ampolla

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles


Semantic domains:

  • plant
nis mingit [+]

( Spanish ) comida a base de pepitas

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • food
binny [+]

noun    seed

( Spanish ) semilla

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • plant
Xigie [+]

town    Teotitán del Valle

( Spanish ) Teotitlán del Valle

Example: de xman re na lani Xigie y seguro entiendes de emoción, you know. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • location
biri [+]

noun    ant

( Spanish ) hormiga

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
bedy [+]

   chicken, hen

( Spanish ) pollo, gallina

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
  • CC I-10
benny kalber [+]

   person’s skull (name of weaving pattern)

( Spanish ) calavera (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • weaving
  • weaving pattern
biga’ [+]

   necklace

( Spanish ) collar

Speaker: Leonardo Martinez Sosa

xoon [+]

number    eight

( Spanish ) ocho

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • number
bixtily [+]

   soap

( Spanish ) jabón

Speaker: Froylan Carreño Gutiérrez

xtiu niedan [+]

noun    heel

( Spanish ) talón

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez


Semantic domains:

  • body part
xkualdzïin [+]

   bearded vulture

( Spanish ) quebrantahuesos

Speaker: Froilán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
xhuub [+]

noun    corn

( Spanish ) maíz

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
dad [+]

   Sir, Mister

( Spanish ) señor

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • person
zïly [+]

noun    comal; clay griddle (used for cooking tortillas)

( Spanish ) comal

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • food
main zien nia [+]

noun    spider

( Spanish ) araña

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
biri [+]

   ant

( Spanish ) hormiga

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
baly [+]

noun    star

( Spanish ) estrella

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • sky
gug [+]

   turtle dove

( Spanish ) tórtola

Speaker: Froilán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
tsutpau [+]

noun    woodpecker

( Spanish ) el pájaro carpintero

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
gi’n buly [+]

noun    type of chile

( Spanish ) chile de árbol

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
xhilly [+]

   cotton

( Spanish ) algodón

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • plant
balee [+]

noun    nanche (type of fruit)

( Spanish ) nanche

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • plant
  • food
alberg [+]

   peas

( Spanish ) chícharos

Speaker: Edison Hipólito de los Ángeles


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
binni gie [+]

noun    type of candle decorated with flowers

( Spanish ) vela de concha

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • celebration
getxgib [+]

   nail

( Spanish ) clavo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

gelgi [+]

   mamey sapote

( Spanish ) mamey

Speaker: Camillo Alavéz Alavéz


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
bizi’e yuu [+]

noun    peanut

( Spanish ) cacahuate

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
xkula [+]

possessed noun    my grandfather

( Spanish ) mi abuelo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
angely [+]

   little angel, cherub

( Spanish ) angelito, querubín

Speaker: Manuel Bazan Chávez


Semantic domains:

  • religion
lagua [+]

possessed noun    my face

( Spanish ) mi cara

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • body part
begwrii [+]

   cicada

( Spanish ) cigarra

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
xhit bes [+]

   mountain lion

( Spanish ) gato montes

Speaker: Noel Alejandro García Juárez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
git ri’n [+]

noun    zucchini

( Spanish ) calabacita

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • plant
mayn robesera [+]

   calandra lark

( Spanish ) calandria

Speaker: Froilán Carreño Gutiérrez


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
xhinga’n [+]

noun    son

( Spanish ) hijo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
  • person
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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).
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 white 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: 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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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).
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 white 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: 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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