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( Spanish ) hoja en la iglesia durante la fiesta, posiblemente del árbol del roble
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Eat, drink (polite invitation that the guests at a party eat and drink)
( Spanish ) Reciban (invitación de cortesía para que los invitados de una fiesta coman y beban)
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mask of the ’campo’ or ’subalternate’ character
( Spanish ) máscara del campo/subalterno
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prepare food (for eating away from home)
( Spanish ) preparar comida (para que se como afuera de casa)
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noun greek key (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) greca (nombre del diseño)
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the dancers of the feather dance are dancing
( Spanish ) los danzantes de la danza de la pluma bailan
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noun type of worm that grows in manure
( Spanish ) especie de gusano que crece en el estiércol
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a soup like dish made with diced and cooked nopal and masa
( Spanish ) amarillo de nopal
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prayers are said for someone after he dies
( Spanish ) se dicen oraciones para un difunto
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Dictionary production supervised by Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and Janet Chávez Santiago, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013-2017).
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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.
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