Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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begw

shuttle

(Spanish) lanzadera

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

benny kalber

benny kalber

person’s skull (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) calavera (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

dain nisgie

dain nisgie

mountains with rain (name of weaving pattern)

(Spanish) montañas con lluvia (nombre del diseño)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

ganary

(Spanish) el peine de telar

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kade lady

(Spanish) se está encogiendo /cerrando el tapete

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kalesa lady

(Spanish) estoy levantando la urdimbre

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

karuu lady

(Spanish) se está amarrando la urdimbre

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

kasia lo lady

(Spanish) estoy limpiando el tapete

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

xhige’l

part of the warp of a rug

(Spanish) parte de la urdimbre al tapete

Speaker: Federico Chávez Sosa

zuby

comb for weaving

(Spanish) peine para tejer¿?

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

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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

Interface and database design under the direction of Jeremy Fahringer and Swarthmore College ITS.

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