Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

Mexican plum, ciruela noun

(Spanish) ciruela

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

seed pod of devil’s claw (whose dried seeds are eaten to treat prostate inflamation)

(Spanish) vaina de garra del diablo (cuyas semillas secas se come para curar la inflamación de la próstata)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

zapote

(Spanish) zapote negro

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

corn leaf

(Spanish) hoja de milpa

Example: see more on Twitter Bën Xguie’ zwela ro guet gu’ la’n bndag guel, ne runchu deb deñ cun xub be’ldub... // Pople from Teotitlán del Valle still wrap their tamales in corn leaves, also they made the

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

prickly pear cactus fruit

(Spanish) tuna del nopal, pitaya

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

tuna fruit, prickly pear cactus fruit noun

(Spanish) tuna(s)

Example: Prickly Pear Cactus Fruit. Photo by Ken Bosma, License: CC BY 2.0 see more on Flickr . Btsë xhub rshru te go ne isia guid lady bëni. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

edible fungi that grows on ears of corn  noun

(Spanish) Huitlacoche

Example: Kët nati par ibig Chuch, ladru ca ria xhub bini, te kët iria Daam loo guel. Zé’ey qwendilaaz de bën gul. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

sapodilla, chicozapote

(Spanish) chicozapote

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

angel’s trumpet flower

(Spanish) floripondio

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

type of wild red flower noun

(Spanish) flor gallito (silvestre)

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

azucena flower (type of white mountain lily)

(Spanish) flor de azucena (flor blanca que crescen en las sierras)

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

(a wild flower that grows in the hills, used in the celebrations of Holy Week and Christmas)

(Spanish) (flor del cerro amarilla usada en la festividad de semana santa y navidad)

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

chili pod noun

(Spanish) chile

Example: De bën gul nan sha ray za’ák guini te gac chu indo... see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

carrizo reed noun

(Spanish) carrizo

Example: Uzan ru’úch nis ya’á rë’ni te ru za’ák deb.

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

quebraplato (type of flower) noun

(Spanish) quebraplato (tipo de flor)

Example: Chi riab za’ák nisguia la’á cue’écu rbily lo guel. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

apple noun

(Spanish) manzana

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

amaranth plant

(Spanish) quintonil

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

cactus fruit that lizards eat

(Spanish) chile de lagartija

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

guava tree

(Spanish) árbol de guayaba

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

mesquite tree with yellow flowers

(Spanish) árbol de mezquite que da flores amarillas

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

domesticated Peruvian peppertree (used as chicken bedding to get rid of pests)

(Spanish) pirul (usado para el lecho de pollos para remover parásitos)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

wild pepper tree noun

(Spanish) árbol de pimienta

Example: Ya Lach Dani, rguich gëch guid ladi bëni. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

custard apple (green fruit with whitish flesh) noun

(Spanish) chirimoya

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

cotton

(Spanish) algodón

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

wild white and purple flower

(Spanish) flor compuesta silvestre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán